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Chapter 3

           

           Asifmeasuringthemselvesandpreparingforthecomingmovement,thewesternforcespushtowardtheeastseveraltimesin1805,1806,1807,and1809,gainingstrengthandgrowing.In1811thegroupofpeoplethathadformedinFranceunitesintoonegroupwiththepeoplesofCentralEurope.Thestrengthofthejustificationofthemanwhostandsattheheadofthemovementgrowswiththeincreasedsizeofthegroup.Duringtheten-yearpreparatoryperiodthismanhadformedrelationswithallthecrownedheadsofEurope.ThediscreditedrulersoftheworldcanopposenoreasonableidealtotheinsensateNapoleonicidealofgloryandgrandeur.Oneafteranothertheyhastentodisplaytheirinsignificancebeforehim.TheKingofPrussiasendshiswifetoseekthegreatman’smercy;theEmperorofAustriaconsidersitafavorthatthismanreceivesadaughteroftheCaesarsintohisbed;thePope,theguardianofallthatthenationsholdsacred,utilizesreligionfortheaggrandizementofthegreatman.ItisnotNapoleonwhoprepareshimselffortheaccomplishmentofhisrole,somuchasallthoseroundhimwhopreparehimtotakeonhimselfthewholeresponsibilityforwhatishappeningandhastohappen.Thereisnostep,nocrimeorpettyfraudhecommits,whichinthemouthsofthosearoundhimisnotatoncerepresentedasagreatdeed.ThemostsuitablefêtetheGermanscandeviseforhimisacelebrationofJenaandAuerstädt.Notonlyishegreat,butsoarehisancestors,hisbrothers,hisstepsons,andhisbrothers-in-law.

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