……Often，atSaint—Cloud，hekeepsthecounselorsofstatefromnineo’clockinthemorninguntilfiveintheevening，withfifteenminutes’intermission，andseemsnomorefatiguedatthecloseofthesessionthanwhenitbegan。\"Duringthenightsessions\"manyofthememberssuccumbthroughweariness，whiletheMinisterofWarfallsasleep\"；hegivesthemashakeandwakesthemup，\"Come，come，citizens，letusbestirourselves，itisonlytwoo’clockandwemustearnthemoneytheFrenchpeoplepayus。\"ConsulorEmperor，[50]\"hedemandsofeachministeranaccountofthesmallestdetails:Itisnotraretoseethemleavingthecouncilroomovercomewithfatigue，duetothelonginterrogatoriestowhichhehassubjectedthem；heappearsnottohavenoticed，andtalksabouttheday’sworksimplyasarelaxationwhichhasscarcelygivenhismindexercise。\"Andwhatisworse，\"itoftenhappensthatonreturninghometheyfindadozenofhislettersrequiringimmediateresponse，forwhichthewholenightscarcelysuffices。\"Thequantityoffactsheisabletoretainandstoreaway，thequantityofideasheelaboratesandproduces，seemstosurpasshumancapacity，andthisinsatiable，inexhaustible，unmovablebrainthuskeepsonworkinguninterruptedlyforthirtyyears。Throughanotherresultofthesamementalorganization，Napoleon’sbrainisneverunproductive；that’stodayourgreatdanger。—Duringthepastthreehundredyearswehavemoreandmorelostsightoftheexactanddirectmeaningofthings。Subjecttotheconstraintsofaconservative，complex，andextendededucationalsystemwestudy*thesymbolsofobjectsratherthanontheobjectsthemselves；
*insteadofthegrounditself，amapofit；
*insteadofanimalsstrugglingforexistence，[51]nomenclaturesandclassifications，or，atbest，stuffedspecimensdisplayedinamuseum；
*insteadofpersonswhofeelandact，statistics，codes，histories，literatures，andphilosophies；
inshort，printedwords。Evenworse，abstractterms，whichfromcenturytocenturyhavebecomemoreabstractandthereforefurtherremovedfromexperience，moredifficulttounderstand，lessadaptableandmoredeceptive，especiallyinallthatrelatestohumanlifeandsociety。Here，duetothegrowthofgovernment，tothemultiplicationofservices，totheentanglementofinterests，theobject，indefinitelyenlargedandcomplex，noweludesourgrasp。Ourvague，incomplete，incorrectideaofitbadlycorrespondswithit，ordoesnotcorrespondatall。Inninemindsoutoften，orperhapsninety—