Война и мир

Chapter 2

           Thecommanderinchiefisalwaysinthemidstofaseriesofshiftingeventsandsohenevercanatanymomentconsiderthewholeimportofaneventthatisoccurring.Momentbymomenttheeventisimperceptiblyshapingitself,andateverymomentofthiscontinuous,uninterruptedshapingofeventsthecommanderinchiefisinthemidstofamostcomplexplayofintrigues,worries,contingencies,authorities,projects,counsels,threats,anddeceptionsandiscontinuallyobligedtoreplytoinnumerablequestionsaddressedtohim,whichconstantlyconflictwithoneanother.

           LearnedmilitaryauthoritiesquiteseriouslytellusthatKutúzovshouldhavemovedhisarmytotheKalúgaroadlongbeforereachingFilí,andthatsomebodyactuallysubmittedsuchaproposaltohim.Butacommanderinchief,especiallyatadifficultmoment,hasalwaysbeforehimnotoneproposalbutdozenssimultaneously.Andalltheseproposals,basedonstrategicsandtactics,contradicteachother.

           Acommanderinchief’sbusiness,itwouldseem,issimplytochooseoneoftheseprojects.Buteventhathecannotdo.Eventsandtimedonotwait.Forinstance,onthetwenty-eighthitissuggestedtohimtocrosstotheKalúgaroad,butjustthenanadjutantgallopsupfromMilorádovichaskingwhetherheistoengagetheFrenchorretire.Anordermustbegivenhimatonce,thatinstant.AndtheordertoretreatcarriesuspasttheturntotheKalúgaroad.

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