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Excerpt from History of Napoleon, Vol. 1 of 2
The authorities which have been consulted for the work are chiey those which have been, from time to time, pre sented to the Public, by statesmen, officers, and others, who had served under Napoleon: persons of all shades of Opinion, but whose veracity is generally to be relied upon (if for no other reason), because they speak of things which were seldom matters of confidence, or confined to the know ledge of a few. Without trusting, however, implicitly to these, their statements, whenever it could be done, have been carefully compared with those of the best English authors on the subject, and nothing admitted but what at least had the semblance of perfect authenticity. The accounts con tained in the majority of publications concerning Napoleon, which appeared previously to 1821, differ so materially from those of later date, and from each other, that their authority has been almost wholly rejected, as unworthy of credit.
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