Война и мир

Chapter 4

           TheyblamedKutúzovandsaidthatfromtheverybeginningofthecampaignhehadpreventedtheirvanquishingNapoleon,thathethoughtofnothingbutsatisfyinghispassionsandwouldnotadvancefromtheLinenFactoriesbecausehewascomfortablethere,thatatKrásnoehecheckedtheadvancebecauseonlearningthatNapoleonwastherehehadquitelosthishead,andthatitwasprobablethathehadanunderstandingwithNapoleonandhadbeenbribedbyhim,andsoon,andsoon.

           Notonlydidhiscontemporaries,carriedawaybytheirpassions,talkinthisway,butposterityandhistoryhaveacclaimedNapoleonasgrand,whileKutúzovisdescribedbyforeignersasacrafty,dissolute,weakoldcourtier,andbyRussiansassomethingindefinite—asortofpuppetusefulonlybecausehehadaRussianname.

           

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