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He undoubtedly settled the administration of France upon an effective, consistent, and enduring system; the succeeding governments have but worked the mechanism they inherited from him.
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Walter Bagehot
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He asserts that Napoleon established a lasting administrative system that subsequent governments continued to use.
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