15, 1805.

(This letter gives a good summary of his ideas on government.) "In France, whatever is not forbidden is allowed, and nothing can be forbidden except by the laws, by the courts, or police measures in all matters relating to public order and morality."] [Footnote 2326: Roederer, "aeuvres completes," III., 339 (Speech by the First Consul, October 21, 1800): "Rank, now, is a recompense for every faithful service--the great advantage of equality, which has converted 20,000 lieutenancies, formerly useless in relation to emulation, into the legitimate ambition and honorable reward of 400,000 soldiers."-- Lafayette, "Memoires," V., 350: "Under Napoleon, the soldiers said, he has been promoted King of Naples, of Holland, of Sweden, or of Spain, as formerly it was said that a than had been promoted sergeant in this or that company."] [Footnote 2327: "The Ancient Regime," book I., ch.2, the Structure of Society, especially pp.19-21.

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21-22)] [Footnote 2328: Memorial de Sainte-Helene"-- Napoleon, speaking of his imperial organization, said that he had made the most compact government, one with the quickest circulation and the most nervous energy, that ever existed.