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Show Napoleon's Task Not Finished Until 1918 When the great cathedral ot Notre Dame was alight with 10.K softly waving candle flames and while a pope, brought from Rome to Paris, was preparing. In the presence of the most august assemblage that K'rope could gather, to place an emperors crown on Napoleon's head. Napoleon turned nnd whispered to his brother What would father say If he could I see me now?" And the next moment. f when the pope was ready to crown him. Napoleon tirmly removed the em hlem from the papal hands and placed the crown upon his own brow Kings and emperors are not born; yon can make as great a kins by ar lil'u'ial processes, provided you've g"t n hrnin under the crown, says W. G. Shepherd. In the Mentor. Born kings make trouble: made kings are Just a good as bom kings: probably better That's what Napoleon kept arguing and trying to prove all his life. This contention made tbe born kings angry. The anger drove them together. They finally whipped Napoleon and sent him to St. Helena. He couldn't whip the horn kings. He tried that HKI years too soon. The world didn't whip the divine-right horn kings until 1018. I . wontler If Napoleon knows that we polished off the lob he tried to do. |