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This page uses Napoleon's fall as a historical warning relevant to contemporary (likely WWI-era) politics. The silhouette image depicts Napoleon in exile—his defeat presented as inevitable justice for imperial ambition that cost eight million lives. The text draws a direct parallel: just as Napoleon threatened global dominance and Britain stopped him, a modern power (context suggests Germany, given references to commerce blockades and attacks on American ships) now threatens similar domination. The rhetorical question "Who's Next?" implies America faces a choice: follow Britain's precedent of forceful resistance or risk repeating history's mistakes through pacifism. The advertisement for "The Library of Universal History" frames this as educational urgency—Americans must study history to avoid repeating it. The piece argues that ignorance of history breeds false beliefs and folly, positioning the encyclopedia set as essential knowledge for citizens facing contemporary decisions about military intervention.
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'WHO’S NEXT? At the beginning of the last century Napoleon started out to achieve a place in the sun. For a time Europe was at his mercy. Only by the might of Great Britain was the United States, along with the rest of the world, saved from his dominion. ‘ight million lives were sacrificed through his selfish ambition. He heartlessly prosecuted his own schemes regardless of the life, liberty and happiness of other individuals and nations. Napoleon also believed that God is on the side of the heaviest artillery; but found that smoking blood and the tears of the widowed and orphaned are formidable pleaders. Stern Fate decreed it was time this vast egoist should fall. His excessive weight in human destiny disturbed the balance, The incorruptible and supreme cquity asserted itself. The groanings of the slaughtered, the supplications of the down- trodden had not fallen on cars deaf to the call of nein There w: DEEDS, brave deeds. 4 straight from the shoulder. 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