theusurper，——thetyrant，——themonsterwhowastheloverofhisownsisters，——theactorwhotooklessonsofTalma，——thepoisonerofJaffa，——thetiger，——Buonaparte，——allthisvanished，andgaveplaceinhismindtoavagueandbrilliantradianceinwhichshone，ataninaccessibleheight，thepalemarblephantomofCaesar。
TheEmperorhadbeenforhisfatheronlythewell—belovedcaptainwhomoneadmires，forwhomonesacrificesone’sself；hewassomethingmoretoMarius。HewasthepredestinedconstructoroftheFrenchgroup，succeedingtheRomangroupinthedominationoftheuniverse。
Hewasaprodigiousarchitect，ofadestruction，thecontinuerofCharlemagne，ofLouisXI。，ofHenryIV。，ofRichelieu，ofLouisXIV。，andoftheCommitteeofPublicSafety，havinghisspots，nodoubt，hisfaults，hiscrimeseven，beingaman，thatistosay；
butaugustinhisfaults，brilliantinhisspots，powerfulinhiscrime。
Hewasthepredestinedman，whohadforcedallnationstosay: