Война и мир

Chapter 3

           Everythingisdonetodeprivehimoftheremainsofhisreasonandtopreparehimforhisterriblepart.Andwhenheisreadysotooaretheforces.

           Theinvasionpusheseastwardandreachesitsfinalgoal—Moscow.Thatcityistaken;theRussianarmysuffersheavierlossesthantheopposingarmieshadsufferedintheformerwarfromAusterlitztoWagram.Butsuddenlyinsteadofthosechancesandthatgeniuswhichhithertohadsoconsistentlyledhimbyanuninterruptedseriesofsuccessestothepredestinedgoal,aninnumerablesequenceofinversechancesoccur—fromthecoldinhisheadatBorodinótothesparkswhichsetMoscowonfire,andthefrosts—andinsteadofgenius,stupidityandimmeasurablebasenessbecomeevident.

           Theinvadersflee,turnback,fleeagain,andallthechancesarenownotforNapoleonbutalwaysagainsthim.

           Acountermovementisthenaccomplishedfromeasttowestwitharemarkableresemblancetotheprecedingmovementfromwesttoeast.Attempteddrivesfromeasttowest—similartothecontrarymovementsof1805,1807,and1809—precedethegreatwestwardmovement;thereisthesamecoalescenceintoagroupofenormousdimensions;thesameadhesionofthepeopleofCentralEuropetothemovement;thesamehesitationmidway,andthesameincreasingrapidityasthegoalisapproached.

           Paris,theultimategoal,isreached.TheNapoleonicgovernmentandarmyaredestroyed.Napoleonhimselfisnolongerofanyaccount;allhisactionsareevidentlypitifulandmean,butagainaninexplicablechanceoccurs.ThealliesdetestNapoleonwhomtheyregardasthecauseoftheirsufferings

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