Война и мир

Chapter 19

           

           TheFrenchalphabet,writtenoutwiththesamenumericalvaluesastheHebrew,inwhichthefirstninelettersdenoteunitsandtheotherstens,willhavethefollowingsignificance:

           abcdefghik

           12345678910

           lmnopqrs

           2030405060708090

           tuvwxy

           100110120130140150

           z

           160

           WritingthewordsL’EmpereurNapoléoninnumbers,itappearsthatthesumofthemis666,andthatNapoleonwasthereforethebeastforetoldintheApocalypse.Moreover,byapplyingthesamesystemtothewordsquarante-deux,*whichwasthetermallowedtothebeastthat“spokegreatthingsandblasphemies,”thesamenumber666wasobtained;fromwhichitfollowedthatthelimitfixedforNapoleon’spowerhadcomeintheyear1812whentheFrenchemperorwasforty-two.ThisprophecypleasedPierreverymuchandheoftenaskedhimselfwhatwouldputanendtothepowerofthebeast,thatis,ofNapoleon,andtriedbythesamesystemofusinglettersasnumbersandaddingthemup,tofindananswertothequestionthatengrossedhim.HewrotethewordsL’EmpereurAlexandre,Lanationrusseandaddeduptheirnumbers,butthesumswereeithermoreorlessthan666.OncewhenmakingsuchcalculationshewrotedownhisownnameinFrench,ComtePierreBesouhoff,butthesumofthenumbersdidnotcomeright.Thenhechangedthespelling,substitutingazforthesandaddingdeandthearticlele,stillwithoutobtainingthedesiredresult.Thenitoccurredtohim:iftheanswertothequestionwerecontainedinhisname,hisnationalitywouldalsobegivenintheanswer.

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