Napoleon Bonaparte Rhetorical Analysis Essay

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The soul of Europe, like your hearts, gleams with happiness When remembering the great Napoleonic era And you, my soldiers, my people! Do you recall your Emperor? Le grand peuple français! Can you acknowledge my name for the last time? Did I not serve the Pearl of France, with satisfactory? Do the people not deserve the right to praise the name; Napoleon Bonaparte? The light of my soul was the source of the beautiful glory Not that of warfare or the Territory; but I made us believe In this ideal, in this conquest Which surpasses all the petty battles for power or territory Three divine words were the creed of my dedication Which gathered us around a new banner Its colours wave in the wind from Paris to Egypt All of the world will forever