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Chapter 1

           ItnaturallyseemedtoNapoleonthatthewarwascausedbyEngland’sintrigues(asinfacthesaidontheislandofSt.Helena).ItnaturallyseemedtomembersoftheEnglishParliamentthatthecauseofthewarwasNapoleon’sambition;totheDukeofOldenburg,thatthecauseofthewarwastheviolencedonetohim;tobusinessmenthatthecauseofthewarwastheContinentalSystemwhichwasruiningEurope;tothegeneralsandoldsoldiersthatthechiefreasonforthewarwasthenecessityofgivingthememployment;tothelegitimistsofthatdaythatitwastheneedofre-establishinglesbonsprincipes,andtothediplomatistsofthattimethatitallresultedfromthefactthatthealliancebetweenRussiaandAustriain1809hadnotbeensufficientlywellconcealedfromNapoleon,andfromtheawkwardwordingofMemorandumNo.178.Itisnaturalthattheseandacountlessandinfinitequantityofotherreasons,thenumberdependingontheendlessdiversityofpointsofview,presentedthemselvestothemenofthatday;buttous,toposteritywhoviewthethingthathappenedinallitsmagnitudeandperceiveitsplainandterriblemeaning,thesecausesseeminsufficient.TousitisincomprehensiblethatmillionsofChristianmenkilledandtorturedeachothereitherbecauseNapoleonwasambitiousorAlexanderwasfirm,orbecauseEngland’spolicywasastuteortheDukeofOldenburgwronged.

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