Victor Emmanuel : probably Victor Emmanuel II (1820-78), Italian king of Sardinia-Piedmont & first king of united Italy (1861-78).
... of the most dominant. There are some of them who hold themselves back, suppress the force in their personality in order to put it wholly into their work. Of such were Shakespeare, Washington, Victor Emmanuel. There are others like Alexander, Caesar, Napoleon, Goethe, who are as obviously superhuman in their personality as in the work they accomplish. Napoleon was the greatest in practical capacity ...
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