After
the French Revolution, a slave revolt resulted in France's loss of
Haiti (Saint-Domingue), one of the world's main producers of sugar.
Desiring
to replace it with another tropical colony in order to compete with
Britain's India, the French General Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Egypt in
1798.
Napoleon defeated the Egyptian Mamluk slave cavalry in just a few weeks.
Napoleon
then attempted to introduce democracy, equality and liberty but found
there were no words in the Arabic language to convey such concepts, as
they had been ruled for centuries by the sword.
Napoleon uncovered the Pyramid treasures, the Rosetta Stone and conquered into Palestine.
After losing the Battle of the Nile to Britain, he eventually had to return to France.
Napoleon,
born AUGUST 15, 1769, then conquered across Europe - from Italy,
Austria, Poland, and German States, to Holland, Denmark and Norway.
His
military 'envelopment' tactic and use of mobile artillery resulted in
him being considered one of the greatest military commanders of all
time.
He
spread the metric system and a civil-legal system - the Napoleonic Code
- which emancipated Catholics in Protestant countries and Protestants
in Catholic countries, as well as Jews across Europe.
Fearing
Haiti's slave rebellion would spread to the French Louisiana Territory,
and badly needing money for his Army, Napoleon sold a million square
miles of land to the United States in 1803 - the "Louisiana Purchase."
Napoleon's draining war in Spain inadvertently resulted in the Mexican War of Independence.
The
loss of French troops retreating from Russia and his defeat at Leipzig
led to Napoleon's abdication and exile on the Island of Elba in 1813.
After
a year, he escaped and again took control of France for 100 dates, but
lost the Battle of Waterloo to Britain, June 18, 1815.
During the 17 years of Napoleonic Wars, an estimated 6 million Europeans died.
In October 1815, Napoleon was banished to the South Atlantic Island of Saint Helena, where he died in 1821 at the age of 52.
Reflecting on his life, Napoleon dictated his "Mémoires" to General de Montholon, Baron Gourgaud and General Bertrand.
His conversations were recorded by Emmanuel de Las Cases in
Memorial de Sainte Hélène (published 1823).
Napoleon
had complained to Montholon of not having a chaplain, resulting in Pope
Pius VII petitioning England to allow Abbé Vignali to be sent.
Napoleon read out loud the Old Testament, the Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles.
Affirming his belief in God, Napoleon told Montholon:
"I know men; and I tell you that Jesus Christ is not a man.
Superficial
minds see a resemblance between Christ and the founders of empires, and
the gods of other religions. That resemblance does not exist.
There is between Christianity and whatever other religions the distance of infinity...
His religion is a revelation from an intelligence which certainly is not that of man.
The religion of Christ is a mystery which subsists by its own force, and proceeds from a mind which is not a human mind.
We find in it a marked individuality, which originated a train of words and actions unknown before..."
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Napoleon continued:
"Jesus is not a philosopher, for His proofs are miracles, and from the first His disciples adored Him.
Alexander,
Caesar, Charlemagne, and myself founded empires; but upon what
foundation did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force!
But Jesus Christ founded His upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for Him."
Get your own copy of the best-selling America's God and Country Encyclopdia of QuotationsNapoleon had stated:
"The Bible is no mere book, but a Living Creature, with a power that conquers all that oppose it."
Napoleon once told a Milan parish priest in 1797:
"Society without religion is like a ship without a compass."
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