The fact that he was a self-made man, that he was a lieutenant in the army and became the emperor, I liked that,

I feel free, man,

I had always been fascinated with Napoleon because he was a self-made emperor; Victor Hugo said, 'Napoleon's will to power,' and it was the title of my paper. And I submitted it to my teacher, and he didn't think I had written it. And he wanted me to explain it to him.

This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman.

When armies are mobilized and issues joined, the man who is sorry over the fact will win

And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son? / And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.