Война и мир

Chapter 11

           

           Tillmiddayonthenineteenth,theactivity—theeagertalk,runningtoandfro,anddispatchingofadjutants—wasconfinedtotheEmperor’sheadquarters.Butontheafternoonofthatday,thisactivityreachedKutúzov’sheadquartersandthestaffsofthecommandersofcolumns.Byevening,theadjutantshadspreadittoallendsandpartsofthearmy,andinthenightfromthenineteenthtothetwentieth,thewholeeightythousandalliedtroopsrosefromtheirbivouacstothehumofvoices,andthearmyswayedandstartedinoneenormousmasssixmileslong.

           TheconcentratedactivitywhichhadbegunattheEmperor’sheadquartersinthemorningandhadstartedthewholemovementthatfollowedwaslikethefirstmovementofthemainwheelofalargetowerclock.Onewheelslowlymoved,anotherwassetinmotion,andathird,andwheelsbegantorevolvefasterandfaster,leversandcogwheelstowork,chimestoplay,figurestopopout,andthehandstoadvancewithregularmotionasaresultofallthatactivity.

           Justasinthemechanismofaclock,sointhemechanismofthemilitarymachine,animpulseoncegivenleadstothefinalresult;andjustasindifferentlyquiescenttillthemomentwhenmotionistransmittedtothemarethepartsofthemechanismwhichtheimpulsehasnotyetreached.

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