Davout was to Napoleon what Arakcheev was to Alexander- though not a coward like Arakcheev, he was as precise, as cruel, and as unable to expre his devotion to his monarch except by cruelty.
In the organism of states such men are nece ary, as wolves are nece ary in the organism of nature, and they always exist, always appear and hold their own, however incongruous their presence and their proximity to the head ......
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