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134 134 HARVARD LAW REVIEW his death, — have denied that Napoleon had the welfare of the country at heart and considered these words as lacking sincerity. But the work which he accomplished in the reformation and re- statement of the laws of France furnishes ample argument to the contrary. These codes which brought order out of chaos and furnished a model for the whole world, remain not merely a monu- ment to him, but a proof of his attachment to what he was fondly wont to call "la grande nation." It is this code that chiefly justifies now the tribute of our American poet, Leonard Heath : "Spirit immortal, the tomb camiot bind thee, JBut like thine own eagle that soars to the sun, Thou springest from bondage and leavest behind thee A name which before thee no mortal hath won." Charles Sumner Lohingier. United States CotXRT, Shanghai, China.