Napoleon Bonaparte, <br />marching out with all his troops, <br />could not succeed at <br />conquering the world, <br /> <br />which centuries before <br />St. John of the Cross had done <br />while imprisoned in a closet <br />by conquering himself.<br /><br />Max Reif<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-history-of-europe-in-and-out/