it is what has induced me to preach a civil code and made me decide on establishing it." (Letter to Joseph, King of Naples, June 5, 1806.)--"The code Napoleon is adopted throughout Italy.

Florence has it, and Rome will soon have it." (Letter to Joachim, King of the Two Sicilies, Nov.

27, 1808.)--"My intention is to have the Hanseatic towns adopt the code Napoleon and be governed by it from and after the 1st of January."-- The same with Dantzic: "Insinuate gently and not by writing to the King of Bavaria, the Prince-primate, the grand-dukes of Hesse-Darmstadt and of Baden, that the civil code should be established in their states by suppressing all customary law and confining themselves wholly to the code Napoleon." (Letter to M.de Champagny, Oct.

31, 1807.)--"The Romans gave their laws to their allies.

Why should not France have its laws adopted in Holland ?...