ALS, 1806 February 3 : near Darien, [Georgia], to F.D. Petit de Villers, Savanna [sic].

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ALS, 1806 February 3 : near Darien, [Georgia], to F.D. Petit de Villers, Savanna [sic].

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Butler discusses Napoleon's ambitious conquest of Europe, the health of de Villers, and his own ill health and the prospect of death. Of Bonaparte, he says: "Bonaparte regards the life of Man as little as you or myself do that of a file. This indifference probably arises more from familiarity with death than depravity of mind."

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