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Chapter 5

           Whatdiditmattertohim—whothenaloneamidasenselesscrowdunderstoodthewholetremendoussignificanceofwhatwashappening—whatdiditmattertohimwhetherRostopchínattributedthecalamitiesofMoscowtohimortohimself?Stilllesscoulditmattertohimwhowasappointedchiefoftheartillery.

           Notmerelyinthesecasesbutcontinuallydidthatoldman—whobyexperienceoflifehadreachedtheconvictionthatthoughtsandthewordsservingastheirexpressionarenotwhatmovepeople—usequitemeaninglesswordsthathappenedtoenterhishead.

           Butthatman,soheedlessofhiswords,didnotonceduringthewholetimeofhisactivityutteronewordinconsistentwiththesingleaimtowardwhichhemovedthroughoutthewholewar.Obviouslyinspiteofhimself,inverydiversecircumstances,herepeatedlyexpressedhisrealthoughtswiththebitterconvictionthathewouldnotbeunderstood.BeginningwiththebattleofBorodinó,fromwhichtimehisdisagreementwiththoseabouthimbegan,healonesaidthatthebattleofBorodinówasavictory,andrepeatedthisbothverballyandinhisdispatchesandreportsuptothetimeofhisdeath.HealonesaidthatthelossofMoscowisnotthelossofRussia.InreplytoLauriston’sproposalofpeace,hesaid:Therecanbenopeace,forsuchisthepeople’swill.

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