Napoleon loved to share his knowledge and he was a great communicator.
Read, and re-read the campaigns of Alexander the Great, Hannibal, Caesar, Gustavus Adolphus, Turenne, Prince Eu- gene, and of Frederick the Great; model yourself after them; that is the only means of becoming a great captain and of surpris-
ing the secrets of the art of war. Your genius enlightened by this study, you will then reject every maxim contradictory to those of these great men.
