I commanded at twenty-three, at the siege of Toulon; I commanded at Paris in Vendemiaire; I won over the soldiers in Italy the moment I presented myself.

I was born for that."] [Footnote 1142: Observe the various features of the same mental and moral structure among different members of the family.

(Speaking of his brothers and sisters in the "Memorial" Napoleon says): "What family as numerous presents such a splendid group ?"--"Souvenirs", by PASQUIER (Etienne-Dennis, duc), chancelier de France, in VI volumes, Librarie Plon, Paris 1893.Vol.

I.p.400.

(This author, a young magistrate under Louis XVI., a high functionary under the Empire, an important political personage under the restoration and the July monarchy, is probably the best informed and most judicious of eye-witnesses during the first half of our century.): "Their vices and virtues surpass ordinary proportions and have a physiognomy of their own.