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Napoleon taught ordinary people that they could make history, and convinced his followers they were taking part in an adventure, a pageant, an experiment, an epic whose splendour would draw the attention of posterity for centuries to come.
Andrew Schmidt
He was right. Napoleon may have lost in the end, but he certainly created a 'Napoleonic Legend'
Napoleon: A Life
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