my mother! I shall know how to support, even to the end, the honor of the name I bear. Adieu! Do not uselessly mourn my lot. Life is but a little thing. Honor and France are every thing to me. I embrace you with my whole heart. Your tender and respectful son,
\"Louis Napoleon Bonaparte.
\"Strasburg, November 1, 1836.\"
Hortense immediately hastened to France, to do whatever a mother's love and anguish could accomplish for the release of her son,
my mother! I shall know how to support, even to the end, the honor of the name I bear. Adieu! Do not uselessly mourn my lot. Life is but a little thing. Honor and France are every thing to me. I embrace you with my whole heart. Your tender and respectful son,
\"Louis Napoleon Bonaparte.
\"Strasburg, November 1, 1836.\"
Hortense immediately hastened to France, to do whatever a mother's love and anguish could accomplish for the release of her son,
