Maurice Joly: In "Caesar” I bluntly accused our emperor of evil offenses...in ‘''this''' book I expose the nature of the man's mind, how he thinks, y'see!
Alphonse: But, Maurice, this Napoleon has seduced the public with social gifts...libraries and wars to give them national patriotic pride.
Maurice Joly: BAH! That is the kind of pallitative all dictators give their masses! But at what price? I ask you!
Alphonse: So...you show his plan by the dialogue of Machiavelli who is known as a cunning manipulator of political power, eh?
Maurice Joly: Yes, this is the clearest way to show the similarity of Napoleon's mind to Machiavelli's!
Alphonse: Hmmm! A clever device I must admit! (Will Eisner)

Maurice Joly: In "Caesar” I bluntly accused our emperor of evil offenses...in ‘''this''' book I expose the nature of the man's mind, how he thinks, y'see! Alphonse: But, Maurice, this Napoleon has seduced the public with social gifts...libraries and wars to give them national patriotic pride. Maurice Joly: BAH! That is the kind of pallitative all dictators give their masses! But at what price? I ask you! Alphonse: So...you show his plan by the dialogue of Machiavelli who is known as a cunning manipulator of political power, eh? Maurice Joly: Yes, this is the clearest way to show the similarity of Napoleon's mind to Machiavelli's! Alphonse: Hmmm! A clever device I must admit!

Will Eisner

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