The story of the brilliant career of Eugene, generally known as Prince Eugene of Savoy, has its special lesson for youth.
When "the little Capuchin," as he was contemptuously called, applied to that sovereign for a commission in the French army and was refused it, he shook the French dust fr.
Louis the Fourteenth had marked out for him the profession of an abbe; but monarchs, even the most powerful, do not always dispose.
He was intended for the Church, but was ambitious for a military career.
The story of the brilliant career of Eugene, generally known as Prince Eugene of Savoy, has its special lesson for youth