Excerpt from The Napoleonic Era and Its Lessons: Read at the International Historical Congress Held at Zaragoza, Spain, October 14, 1908, to Celebrate the Centenary of Spanish Independence From Napoleon I I accepted and wrote a historical essay, which was delivered at the great meeting of assembled Savants, Scientists and Historians from all parts of the world. It was received with applause and appreciation, and the Committee, composed of Messrs. Eduardo Ibarra y Rodriguez and Alvaro de San Pio, who passed upon the papers read before the Congress, recommended to his Majesty, the King of Spain, that I should be decorated for it, and which was accordingly done, and a certificate of same was duly received by me signed by the great statesman Maurer, along with the Medal bearing the impress of General Palafox, the Washington of the struggle for Spanish Independence. On the other side of the Medal was an allegorical figure of Spain. The Medal was suspended from a silk ribbon, colors of blood and gold, and attached to a gold clasp. It is needless to say that the decoration was prized by me most highly, and I take pleasure in wearing it on state occasions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.