Note 4 — Chapter XXI · REMARKS ON THE FRENCH ARMY ... ORIGIN OF THE CONSCRIPTION ... ROBESPIERRE ... FRENCH SOLDIERS ... POLICY OF THE GENERALS ... MILITARY VANITY ... BULLETINS ... MODE OF ATTACK ... RHENISH CONFEDERATION ... ACT OF IMPERIAL ABDICATION.
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For this sanguinary tyrant the following epitaph was well penned.
Passant, ne pleure point son sort;
Car, s’il vivait, tu serais mort.
Ye who pass by his grave, need not weep that he’s gone,
Had he liv’d, ye would now be as cold as this stone.