Memoirs of Joseph Fouché, Duke of Otranto, Minister of the General Police of France
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But at bottom he began to be annoyed by the gazetteers of London, who constantly repre- sented him as being under the diplomatic tutelage of M. de Talleyrand, and in point of government, under mine ; and as being incapable of moving a single step without us, whose abilities were purposely exaggerated, in order to render us obnoxious and suspected. I tired him myself with repeating incessantly that, when governments are not just, their pros- perity is only transitory ; that in the elevated spher...e where fortune had placed him he ought to quench the hateful passions engendered by a long revolution in the torrents of his renown ; and thus recall the nation to generous and benevolent habits, which are the only real source of public prosperity and happiness.
MEMOIRS OF FOUCHi. 137 But how, on emerging from a long-protracted hurricane, could any one expect to find at the head of an immense re- public, transformed into a military dictatorship, a chief at once just, energetic, and moderate ? The heart of Bona- parte was not alien from vengeance and hatred, nor was his mind shut against prejudice ; and it was easy to perceive, through the veil, in which he concealed himself, a decided inclination to tyranny.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
But at bottom he began to be annoyed by the gazetteers of London, who constantly repre- sented him as being under the diplomatic tutelage of M. de Talleyrand, and in point of government, under mine ; and as being incapable of moving a single step without us, whose abilities were purposely exaggerated, in order to render us obnoxious and suspected. I tired him myself with repeating incessantly that, when governments are not just, their pros- perity is only transitory ; that in the elevated spher...e where fortune had placed him he ought to quench the hateful passions engendered by a long revolution in the torrents of his renown ; and thus recall the nation to generous and benevolent habits, which are the only real source of public prosperity and happiness.
MEMOIRS OF FOUCHi. 137 But how, on emerging from a long-protracted hurricane, could any one expect to find at the head of an immense re- public, transformed into a military dictatorship, a chief at once just, energetic, and moderate ? The heart of Bona- parte was not alien from vengeance and hatred, nor was his mind shut against prejudice ; and it was easy to perceive, through the veil, in which he concealed himself, a decided inclination to tyranny.
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