Война и мир

Chapter 5

           

           Andyetitisdifficulttoimagineanhistoricalcharacterwhoseactivitywassounswervinglydirectedtoasingleaim;anditwouldbedifficulttoimagineanyaimmoreworthyormoreconsonantwiththewillofthewholepeople.StillmoredifficultwoulditbetofindaninstanceinhistoryoftheaimofanhistoricalpersonagebeingsocompletelyaccomplishedasthattowhichallKutúzov’seffortsweredirectedin1812.

           Kutúzovnevertalkedof“fortycenturieslookingdownfromthePyramids,”ofthesacrificesheofferedforthefatherland,orofwhatheintendedtoaccomplishorhadaccomplished;ingeneralhesaidnothingabouthimself,adoptednopose,alwaysappearedtobethesimplestandmostordinaryofmen,andsaidthesimplestandmostordinarythings.HewroteletterstohisdaughtersandtoMadamedeStaël,readnovels,likedthesocietyofprettywomen,jestedwithgenerals,officers,andsoldiers,andnevercontradictedthosewhotriedtoproveanythingtohim.WhenCountRostopchínattheYaúzabridgegallopeduptoKutúzovwithpersonalreproachesforhavingcausedthedestructionofMoscow,andsaid:“HowwasityoupromisednottoabandonMoscowwithoutabattle?”Kutúzovreplied:“AndIshallnotabandonMoscowwithoutabattle,”thoughMoscowwasthenalreadyabandoned.WhenArakchéev,comingtohimfromtheEmperor,saidthatErmólovoughttobeappointedchiefoftheartillery,Kutúzovreplied:“Yes,Iwasjustsayingsomyself,”thoughamomentbeforehehadsaidquitethecontrary.

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