Val-Maria was a little valley of France, named for a statue of the Virgin which brought worshippers from every part of France. The young hero was a delicate child with a genius for sculpture. His father was a member of the French senate when the first Napoleon was director. The father's praise of Napoleon inspired the child to make a bust which was viewed by the emperor when the boy lay on his death-bed.
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Val-Maria was a little valley of France, named for a statue of the Virgin which brought worshippers from every part of France. The young hero was a delicate child with a genius for sculpture. His father was a member of the French senate when the first Napoleon was director. The father's praise of Napoleon inspired the child to make a bust which was viewed by the emperor when the boy lay on his death-bed.
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