Napoleon: Surely in a matter of this kind we should endeavor to do something, that we may say that we have not lived in vain, that

Surely in a matter of this kind we should endeavor to do something, that we may — Napoleon

Surely in a matter of this kind we should endeavor to do something, that we may say that we have not lived in vain, that we may leave some impress of ourselves on the sands of time .

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