Unable to properly delegate authority, a ruler but not a manager, Napoleon dictated his letters himself, his aides surrounding him as he wrote to several people simultaneously.

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Like Napoleon, Google does not have an army suitable for these conditions.

FORBES: Google's Napoleonic Moment

Napoleon's intention was not to occupy Russia or overthrow Alexander by stirring a domestic revolt against him.

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Like Napoleon, I bet they will not realize the returns they hope to realize by invading the consumer market with their tablet.

FORBES: Google's Napoleonic Moment

Apparently these generals were not, like their prime minister, devoted to Napoleon's maxim, "Frappez la masse, et le reste vient par surcroit , " which, vis-a-vis strategic or other problems, bids one to concentrate upon the essence, with assurance that all else will follow in train, even bits of string.

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At the start, the industrial revolution (and the resounding victory over Napoleon) had given the English economic and political advantages that were not matched by other European nations until the middle of the century.

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