Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte from Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson and what is their importance?
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Napoleon Bonaparte is one of the "great men" of history for which Emerson holds a kind of disgusted admiration. Napoleon was a military and organizational genius who spread French law and culture widely but who was also a cruel and savage man, inconsiderate of others and especially cruel to women, according to Emerson.