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Even in the 1790s,
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if this interpretation is correct,
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he did not see his identity as both Corsican and
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French, but rather as Corsican.
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But by 1799,
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when he with the help of the wily Abbé Sieyès
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comes to power on the 18th of Brumaire,
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the French identity had
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overwhelmed his Corsican identity.
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The question is, did he merely catch the nearest way?
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Is it opportunism?
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Or was it his belief that the French Revolution and