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Chapter 1

           Wecannotgraspwhatconnectionsuchcircumstanceshavewiththeactualfactofslaughterandviolence:whybecausetheDukewaswronged,thousandsofmenfromtheothersideofEuropekilledandruinedthepeopleofSmolénskandMoscowandwerekilledbythem.

           Tous,theirdescendants,whoarenothistoriansandarenotcarriedawaybytheprocessofresearchandcanthereforeregardtheeventwithuncloudedcommonsense,anincalculablenumberofcausespresentthemselves.Thedeeperwedelveinsearchofthesecausesthemoreofthemwefind;andeachseparatecauseorwholeseriesofcausesappearstousequallyvalidinitselfandequallyfalsebyitsinsignificancecomparedtothemagnitudeoftheevents,andbyitsimpotence—apartfromthecooperationofalltheothercoincidentcauses—tooccasiontheevent.Tous,thewishorobjectionofthisorthatFrenchcorporaltoserveasecondtermappearsasmuchacauseasNapoleon’srefusaltowithdrawhistroopsbeyondtheVistulaandtorestoretheduchyofOldenburg;forhadhenotwishedtoserve,andhadasecond,athird,andathousandthcorporalandprivatealsorefused,therewouldhavebeensomanylessmeninNapoleon’sarmyandthewarcouldnothaveoccurred.

           HadNapoleonnottakenoffenseatthedemandthatheshouldwithdrawbeyondtheVistula,andnotorderedhistroopstoadvance,therewouldhavebeennowar;buthadallhissergeantsobjectedtoservingasecondtermthenalsotherecouldhavebeennowar.

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