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He had, he said, on several occasions, known 

 a useful and intelligent officer in his army, 

 degraded from his rank and appointment, solely 

 because he showed a degree of intelligence 

 beyond the rest of his corps. The man was 

 removed from the station he held, that he 

 might not exercise his wits, either in such a way 

 as to attract attention and produce admiration 

 among his subordinates, or be enabled to ac- 

 quire what Francia conceived to be too thorough 

 a knowledge of the art of governing his in- 

 feriors, so as to enable his subjects to draw 

 invidious comparisons between the dictator and 

 any other individual in the state. 



