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CHAPTER IX. 1802.      Proverbial falsehood of bulletins—M. Doublet—Creation of the      Legion of Honour—Opposition to it in the Council and other      authorities of the State—The partisans of an hereditary system—      The question of the Consulship for life. The historian of these times ought to put no faith in the bulletins, despatches, notes, and proclamations which have emanated from Bonaparte, or passed through his hands. For my part, I believe that the proverb, "