Walter Bagehot: “But what we are concerned with now is, not Napoleon's originality, but…”

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But what we are concerned with now is, not Napoleon's originality, but his work.

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Bagehot shifts focus to the effectiveness of Napoleon's administrative work rather than his originality.

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Walter Bagehot: “But what we are concerned with now is, not Napoleon's originality, but his work.”