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Thomas Jefferson believed the education of the common people was needed to secure and preserve American liberty. How might Napoleons
beliefs in Education help increase his power, or lead to his demise? ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Document #1 Napoleon on Education 1807 ____________________________________________________________ Of all our institutions public education is the most important. Everything ____________________________________________________________ depends on it. It is essential to shape the morals and political ideas of this ____________________________________________________________
generation. Above all we must secure unity: we must be able to cast a whole generation in the same mould.
____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Document #2 French Imperial Catechism 1806 (The pledge students gave) ____________________________________________________________ Question: What are the duties of Christians with respect to the princes ____________________________________________________________ who govern them, and what in particular are our duties towards Napoleon I, ____________________________________________________________ our Emperor? ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Answer: Christians owe to the princes who govern them, and we in ____________________________________________________________ particular owe to Napoleon I, our emperor, love, respect, obedience, fidelity, military service, and the taxes levied for the preservation and defense of the empire and of his throne. We also owe him fervent prayers ? for his safety and for the spiritual and temporal prosperity of the state.
Christians owe to the princes who govern them, and we in particular owe to Napoleon I, our emperor, love, respect, obedience, fidelity, military service, and the taxes levied for the preservation and defense of the empire and of his throne. We also owe him fervent prayers for his safety and for the spiritual and temporal prosperity of the state.
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