Greek mythology provided allusions for the adornment of his proclamations, the Koran would dictate his behaviour towards the Moslems, and the Bible was to be his guide-book concerning the Druses and Armenians.

All three were therefore grouped together under the head of Politics.
And this, on the whole, fairly well represents his mental attitude towards religion: at least, it was his work-a-day attitude.

There were moments, it is true, when an overpowering sense of the majesty of the universe lifted his whole being far above this petty opportunism: and in those moments, which, in regard to the declaration of character, may surely be held to counterbalance whole months spent in tactical shifts and diplomatic wiles, he was capable of soaring to heights of imaginative reverence.

Such an episode, lighting up for us the recesses of his mind, occurred during his voyage to Egypt.

The _savants_ on board his ship, "L'Orient," were discussing one of those questions which Bonaparte often propounded, in order that, as arbiter in this contest of wits, he might gauge their mental powers.