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THE STORY OF DANIEL THE PROPHET

Stephen N. Haskell

“But go thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest and stand in thy
lot at the end of the days.” Daniel 12:13.

English naval officers. England, jealous of the

rapid progress now being made by Napoleon,

had opposed his progress in Egypt. Later, he

defeated the Turks of Egypt at Aboukir. In

1799 a constitution was adopted in France,

and Napoleon was chosen First Consul with

two assistants. France had attempted to copy

the Constitution of the United States, but the

effect failed. The constitution of 1799

established a centralized government, and

deprived the people of liberty and self-

government. “Equality, not liberty, was all that

the cause of France now represented.”

The reforms of Napoleon are worthy of notice.

Says the historian, “He personally participated

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in the religious ceremonies which attended