I guess Nap could’ve been “shocked” even if just a grunt in school. I just haven’t heard any reference between the 2 except Nap as leader.
When you stated “the guy”, which guy?
I meant Napoleon I.
Washington was, even in his life time, the yard stick against which the ‘republican’ leadership in post-revolutionary France was measured.
Napoleon I was keenly aware of the comparisons which were continuously made between Washington and himself. His enemies especially loved casting this comparison in his face.
It was done both during his rise to Empire and during his rule as Emperor. Having come to control on the tide of Republican sentiment, Napoleon hated being held to Republican ideals because, he was in fact a dictator who held and wielded more power than Louis ever had in France. Also, Napoleon I was more forceful and blunt in his methods than any American at that time or since would regard as ‘democratic’ OR ‘republican’’.
Much of the discord between Napoleon I and other (even puppet) officials of his Empire, Marshals, generals and publishers, etc. stemmed from Napoleon’s abandonment of strict ‘republican’ ideals, once he held power. Even some of his family challenged him on this. It was a regular tight-rope act of appearing Republican on the one hand and for example, gagging newspapers, crowning his siblings, etc. on the other.