Thomas Carlyle Quote

To the very last he [Napoleon] had a kind of idea; that, namely, of La carriere ouverte aux talents, The tools to him that can handle them.


Critical and Miscellaneous Essays (1838) 'Sir Walter Scott' (La carrière… Career open to the talents)


To the very last he [Napoleon] had a kind of idea; that, namely, of La carriere ouverte aux talents, The tools to him that can handle them.

To the very last he [Napoleon] had a kind of idea; that, namely, of La carriere ouverte aux talents, The tools to him that can handle them.

To the very last he [Napoleon] had a kind of idea; that, namely, of La carriere ouverte aux talents, The tools to him that can handle them.

To the very last he [Napoleon] had a kind of idea; that, namely, of La carriere ouverte aux talents, The tools to him that can handle them.