ABSTRACT
First published in The Examiner, VII, 23 January 1814, pp. 49–50. With the international news dominated by reports of Allied victories over Napoleon on all sides, Hunt extends his recent commentary on the relationship between military/political power and intellectual endeavour. For a record of his developing thoughts on this topic, see headnote above, pp. 309–10. Hunt produced a series of meditations on Napoleon throughout 1814; see the Political Examiners for 9 January, pp. 17–19; 13 February, pp. 97–9; 6 March 1814, pp. 145–6; 11 April, pp. 225–8; 17 April, pp. 241–3; 25 April, pp. 257–9 and below, pp. 323–8; 31 July, pp. 481–3. For Hunt’s earlier reactions to Napoleon, see headnote above, p. 42.
