乌合之众中英版 章节目录 第161章(第1页/共4页)


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    Davoustusedtosay,talkingofMaret’sdevotionandofhisown,“HadtheEmperorsaidtous,‘ItisimportantierestofmypolicythatParisshouldbedestroyedwithoutasinglepersonleavingitoresg,’MaretIamsurewouldhavekeptthesecret,buthecouldnothaveabstainedfrompromisinghimselfbyseeingthathisfamilygotclearofthecity.Oherhand,I,forfearoflettihleakout,wouldhaveletmywifeandchildrenstay.”

    ItisnecessarytobearinmioundingpowerexertedbyfasationofthisordertouandthatmarvellousreturnfromtheIsleofElba,thatlightning-likequestofFrancebyanisolatedmanfrontedbyalltheanisedforcesofagreattrythatmighthavebeensupposedwearyofhistyranny.Hehadmerelytocastalookatthegeneralssenttolayhandsonhim,andwhohadsworntoaplishtheirmission.Allofthemsubmittedwithoutdiscussion.

    “Napoleon,”writestheEnglishGeneralWolseley,“landsinFrancealmostalone,afugitivefromthesmallislandofElbawhichwashiskingdom,andsucceededinafewweeks,withoutbloodshed,iingallahorityinFranderitslegitimateking;isitpossibleforthepersonalasdenantoaffirmitselfinamoreastonishingmanner?Butfromthebeginningtotheendofthiscampaign,whichwashislast,howremarkabletooistheasdencyheexercisedovertheAllies,obligiofollowhisinitiative,andhownearhecametocrushingthem!”

    Hisprestigeoutlivedhimandtiogrow.Itishisprestigethatmadeanemperorofhisobsepheerfulishismemorystillisseenintheresurreofhislegendinprogressatthepresentday.Ill-treatmenasyouwill,massacrethembymilliohecauseofinvasionuponinvasion,allispermittedyouifyoupossessprestigeinasuffitdegreeaalentnecessarytoupholdit.

    Ihaveinvoked,nodoubt,inthiscaseaquiteexceptionalexampleofprestige,butowasusefultocitetomakeclearthegenesisofgreatreligions,greatdoes,aempires.Wereitnotforthepowerexertedonthecrowdbyprestige,suchgrowthswouldbeinprehensible.

    Prestige,however,isnotbasedsolelyonpersonalasdency,militaryglory,andreligiousterror;itmayhaveamoremodestinandstillbesiderable.Ourturyfurnishesseveralexamples.Ohemoststrikihatposteritywillrecallfromagetoagewillbesuppliedbythehistoryoftheillustriousmanwhomodifiedthefaceo
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