NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.
[John S. C. Abbott’s Life of Napoleon, vol. ii, p. 612.]
Alexander, Cæsar, Charlemagne, and myself founded empires. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ alone founded His empire upon love, and at this hour, millions of men would die for Him.…
This testimony from Napoleon has been much disputed. Dr. Philip Schaff, weighing the argument for and against, says that he believes that it is authentic in substance.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
[Letter to President Stiles or Yale College, March 9, 1790.]
I think His [Jesus Christ’s] system of morals and religion as He left them to us, the best the world ever saw, or is likely to see.
JEAN PAUL RICHTER.
[Dawnings for Germany. Complete Works, pp. 33, 36.]