Machiavelli once wrote in his history of Florence: "For a republic, is there any disease more harmful than servitude? Is there any remedy capable of effectively eradicating this malady? All wars are unjust, but a war that must be fought is just; when violence alone offers hope of salvation, violence itself is mercy. I know of no country more in need of this than ours, nor of any compassion greater than freeing our country from servitude."
Napoleon had been sent to military school at a very young age. In his classmates' eyes, he was a small and weak foreigner with an odd personality, and people in France took it upon themselves to correct other people's pronunciation in their language. One day, a student several years older than him mocked his accent and called him a savage. He was in his fourth year then, and the bigger boy was far stronger than he was. He had hesitated too—should he fight?
He sprang at him, wanting to teach the fellow a lesson, but Napoleon was easily beaten to the ground by the larger student, so badly that he lacked the strength to stand again. The bigger boy let Napoleon go and turned to leave for class. But Napoleon refused to give up. The moment class ended, he went looking for the bigger boy to duel him. After several times, the boy asked whether Napoleon was stupid. Napoleon shouted, "You insulted me. You have to apologize, or I'll fight you again." The bigger boy was startled and unconsciously said sorry.
When he told Georgiana that story, she had not found anything wrong with it. She had instead hoped that the younger Hufflepuff students bullied by Draco could also rise up and resist, however "overestimating themselves" they might be. But having been sorted into