(Letter from Bonaparte to Tilly, Aug.
7, 1794.) Ibid., III., 120.

(Memoirs of Lucien.) "Barras takes care of Josephine's dowry, which is the command of the army in Italy." Ibid., II., 477.

(Grading of general officers, notes by Scherer on Bonaparte.) "He knows all about artillery, but is rather too ambitious, and too intriguing for promotion."] [Footnote 1128: De Segur, I., 162 .-- La Fayette, "Memoires," II., 215.
"Memorial" (note dictated by Napoleon).

He states the reasons for and against, and adds, speaking of himself: "These sentiments, twenty-five years of age, confidence in his strength, his destiny, determined him." Bourrienne, I., 51: "It is certain that he has always bemoaned that day; he has often said to me that he would give years of his life to efface that page of his history."] [Footnote 1129: "Memorial," I., Sept 6, 1815.

"It is only after Lodi that the idea came to me that I might, after all, become a decisive actor on our political stage.