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of innumerable Helots and other original settlers who were enslaved by the Dorians in the land of their adoption. The unruly and fanatical character of subjects has to be met by a tyrannical and inquisitorial form of government. "Kings have to be tyrants from policy when the subjects are rebels from principle." The existence of diversities in religion, tribe, and language also necessitates the adoption by rulers of a policy of absolutism in the interests of peace and security of the whole territory under their sway.

The "rights of man" and the principles of liberty, fraternity, and equality created opportunities for the rise of Napoleon; but he began his career by restoring the ancien régime which it had been the first work of the