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“Herodotus tells us that in his day the slime of the Nile changed into rats, and that they might be seen in process of formation. Can any one tell us what the brain is? All things can be explained by magnetism. Where is little Arthur Bertrand’s soul? The soul is formed as the body forms. Knock a nail into your head, then you become a madman, and then where is your soul?”

“The human race has not existed more than six or seven thousand years, and thousands of years from now man may be very different from what he has been. Science may then have made such progress that manking may perhaps have found out how to live forever…what discoveries may not be made in these thousands of years!’ 

“What makes me think that there is not a God who can take vengeance, is to see that good people seem always unfortunate in this world, and rascals lucky. You will see that Talleyrand will die in his bed.”

- Talks of Napoleon at St. Helena with General Baron Gourgaud; Together with the Journal Kept By Gourgaud On the Way From Waterloo to St Helena.