Война и мир

Chapter 19

           BesidesthecommonimpulsewhichboundthewholecrowdofFrenchintoonemassandsuppliedthemwithacertainenergy,therewasanothercausebindingthemtogether—theirgreatnumbers.Aswiththephysicallawofgravity,theirenormousmassdrewtheindividualhumanatomstoitself.Intheirhundredsofthousandstheymovedlikeawholenation.

           Eachofthemdesirednothingmorethantogivehimselfupasaprisonertoescapefromallthishorrorandmisery;butontheonehandtheforceofthiscommonattractiontoSmolénsk,theirgoal,dreweachoftheminthesamedirection;ontheotherhandanarmycorpscouldnotsurrendertoacompany,andthoughtheFrenchavailedthemselvesofeveryconvenientopportunitytodetachthemselvesandtosurrenderontheslightestdecentpretext,suchpretextsdidnotalwaysoccur.TheirverynumbersandtheircrowdedandswiftmovementdeprivedthemofthatpossibilityandrendereditnotonlydifficultbutimpossiblefortheRussianstostopthismovement,towhichtheFrenchweredirectingalltheirenergies.Beyondacertainlimitnomechanicaldisruptionofthebodycouldhastentheprocessofdecomposition.

           Alumpofsnowcannotbemeltedinstantaneously.Thereisacertainlimitoftimeinlessthanwhichnoamountofheatcanmeltthesnow.Onthecontrarythegreatertheheatthemoresolidifiedtheremainingsnowbecomes.

           OftheRussiancommandersKutúzovaloneunderstoodthis.WhentheflightoftheFrencharmyalongtheSmolénskroadbecamewelldefined,whatKonovnítsynhadforeseenonthenightoftheeleventhofOctoberbegantooccur

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