Was Napoleon an exemplar of high noble inner qualities? Daisaku Ikeda thinks so.

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"Recall that for Emerson, great figures such as Shakespeare, Napoleon , and Goethe, all of whom are exemplars of achievement, are unique only insofar as they have developed to a greater extent the inner qualities available to all humans." -- Daisaku Ikeda