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Chapter 9

           

           Inhabitantsofthecityandvillages,andyou,workingmenandartisans,towhatevernationyoubelong,youarecalledontocarryoutthepaternalintentionsofHisMajestytheEmperorandKingandtoco-operatewithhimforthepublicwelfare!Layyourrespectandconfidenceathisfeetanddonotdelaytounitewithus!

           Withtheobjectofraisingthespiritsofthetroopsandofthepeople,reviewswereconstantlyheldandrewardsdistributed.TheEmperorrodethroughthestreetstocomforttheinhabitants,and,despitehispreoccupationwithstateaffairs,himselfvisitedthetheatersthatwereestablishedbyhisorder.

           Inregardtophilanthropy,thegreatestvirtueofcrownedheads,Napoleonalsodidallinhispower.HecausedthewordsMaisondemaMèretobeinscribedonthecharitableinstitutions,therebycombiningtenderfilialaffectionwiththemajesticbenevolenceofamonarch.HevisitedtheFoundlingHospitaland,allowingtheorphanssavedbyhimtokisshiswhitehands,graciouslyconversedwithTutólmin.Then,asThierseloquentlyrecounts,heorderedhissoldierstobepaidinforgedRussianmoneywhichhehadprepared:“RaisingtheuseofthesemeansbyanactworthyofhimselfandoftheFrencharmy,heletreliefbedistributedtothosewhohadbeenburnedout.Butasfoodwastooprecioustobegiventoforeigners,whowereforthemostpartenemies,Napoleonpreferredtosupplythemwithmoneywithwhichtopurchasefoodfromoutside,andhadpaperrublesdistributedtothem

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