The other great individualities of the world of have only their genius.

France for a second genius has its heart, and is prodigal in its thoughts, in its writings, as well as in its national acts.

When Providence wills that one desire shall fire the world, it is first kindled in a Frenchman's soul.

This communicative quality of the character of this race--this French attraction, as yet unaltered by the ambition of conquest,--was then the precursory mark of the age.

It seems that a providential instinct turned all the attraction of Europe towards this point, as if motion and light could only emanate thence.