Война и мир

Chapter 1

           NorcouldtherehavebeenawarhadtherebeennoEnglishintriguesandnoDukeofOldenburg,andhadAlexandernotfeltinsulted,andhadtherenotbeenanautocraticgovernmentinRussia,oraRevolutioninFranceandasubsequentdictatorshipandEmpire,orallthethingsthatproducedtheFrenchRevolution,andsoon.Withouteachofthesecausesnothingcouldhavehappened.Soallthesecauses—myriadsofcauses—coincidedtobringitabout.Andsotherewasnoonecauseforthatoccurrence,butithadtooccurbecauseithadto.Millionsofmen,renouncingtheirhumanfeelingsandreason,hadtogofromwesttoeasttoslaytheirfellows,justassomecenturiespreviouslyhordesofmenhadcomefromtheeasttothewest,slayingtheirfellows.

           TheactionsofNapoleonandAlexander,onwhosewordstheeventseemedtohang,wereaslittlevoluntaryastheactionsofanysoldierwhowasdrawnintothecampaignbylotorbyconscription.Thiscouldnotbeotherwise,forinorderthatthewillofNapoleonandAlexander(onwhomtheeventseemedtodepend)shouldbecarriedout,theconcurrenceofinnumerablecircumstanceswasneededwithoutanyoneofwhichtheeventcouldnothavetakenplace.Itwasnecessarythatmillionsofmeninwhosehandslaytherealpower—thesoldierswhofired,ortransportedprovisionsandguns—shouldconsenttocarryoutthewilloftheseweakindividuals,andshouldhavebeeninducedtodosobyaninfinitenumberofdiverseandcomplexcauses.

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