To the very last he [Napoleon] had a kind of idea; — Thomas Carlyle

To the very last he [Napoleon] had a kind of idea; that, namely, of La carrière ouverte aux talents, The tools to him that can handle them.

Critical and Miscellaneous Essays (1838) ‘Sir Walter Scott’ (La carrière… Career open to the talents)

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