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Chapter 1

           

           ThoughNapoleonatthattime,in1812,wasmoreconvincedthaneverthatitdependedonhim,verser(ounepasverser)lesangdesespeuples*—asAlexanderexpresseditinthelastletterhewrotehim—hehadneverbeensomuchinthegripofinevitablelaws,whichcompelledhim,whilethinkingthathewasactingonhisownvolition,toperformforthehivelife—thatistosay,forhistory—whateverhadtobeperformed.

           *“Toshed(ornottoshed)thebloodofhispeoples.”

           Thepeopleofthewestmovedeastwardstoslaytheirfellowmen,andbythelawofcoincidencethousandsofminutecausesfittedinandco-ordinatedtoproducethatmovementandwar:reproachesforthenonobservanceoftheContinentalSystem,theDukeofOldenburg’swrongs,themovementoftroopsintoPrussia—undertaken(asitseemedtoNapoleon)onlyforthepurposeofsecuringanarmedpeace,theFrenchEmperor’sloveandhabitofwarcoincidingwithhispeople’sinclinations,allurementbythegrandeurofthepreparations,andtheexpenditureonthosepreparationsandtheneedofobtainingadvantagestocompensateforthatexpenditure,theintoxicatinghonorshereceivedinDresden,thediplomaticnegotiationswhich,intheopinionofcontemporaries,werecarriedonwithasinceredesiretoattainpeace,butwhichonlywoundedtheself-loveofbothsides,andmillionsofothercausesthatadaptedthemselvestotheeventthatwashappeningorcoincidedwithit

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