Quotation by Jean Baptiste Bernadotte

Napoleon has not been conquered by men. He was greater than any of us. God punished him because he relied solely on his own intelligence until that incredible instrument was so strained that it broke.
Jean Baptiste Bernadotte (1763–1844), French general, king of Sweden (1818-1844). Speech, 1821, on hearing of the death of Napoleon, his former commander.
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