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Chapter 1

           AndforsomereasonhewenttokillAfricans,andkilledthemsowellandwassocunningandwisethatwhenhereturnedtoFranceheorderedeverybodytoobeyhim,andtheyallobeyedhim.HavingbecomeanEmperorheagainwentouttokillpeopleinItaly,Austria,andPrussia.Andtheretoohekilledagreatmany.InRussiatherewasanEmperor,Alexander,whodecidedtorestoreorderinEuropeandthereforefoughtagainstNapoleon.In1807hesuddenlymadefriendswithhim,butin1811theyagainquarreledandagainbegankillingmanypeople.NapoleonledsixhundredthousandmenintoRussiaandcapturedMoscow;thenhesuddenlyranawayfromMoscow,andtheEmperorAlexander,helpedbytheadviceofSteinandothers,unitedEuropetoarmagainstthedisturberofitspeace.AllNapoleon’salliessuddenlybecamehisenemiesandtheirforcesadvancedagainstthefreshforcesheraised.TheAlliesdefeatedNapoleon,enteredParis,forcedNapoleontoabdicate,andsenthimtotheislandofElba,notdeprivinghimofthetitleofEmperorandshowinghimeveryrespect,thoughfiveyearsbeforeandoneyearlatertheyallregardedhimasanoutlawandabrigand.ThenLouisXVIII,whotillthenhadbeenthelaughingstockbothoftheFrenchandtheAllies,begantoreign.AndNapoleon,sheddingtearsbeforehisOldGuards,renouncedthethroneandwentintoexile.Thentheskillfulstatesmenanddiplomatists(especiallyTalleyrand,whomanagedtositdowninaparticularchairbeforeanyoneelseandtherebyextendedthefrontiersofFrance)talkedinViennaandbytheseconversationsmadethenationshappyorunhappy.

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