...but I think that to join Kellermann and myself in Italy would be to sacrifice everything. I cannot willingly serve with a man who considers himself the first general in Europe ; besides which I believe that one bad general is better than two good ones. War, like government,...

...to me : to serve the country, and to merit from posterity a page in our history, is all my ambition. If you join Kellerman and me in command in Italy you...Numbers of letters from Bonaparte to his wife have been published. I cannot deny their authenticity, nor is it my wish to do so. I will, however, subjoin one...

...glorious charge decided the battle of Marengo. He died September 12, 1 820. — Biographic Moderne. not serve with a man who considers himself the first general in Europe ; and it is better to have one bad general than two good ones. War is, like government, decided in...

...to me : to serve the country, and to merit from posterity a page in our history, is all my ambition. If you join Kellerman and me in command in Italy you...will, however, subjoin one which appears to me to differ a little from the rest. It is less remarkable for exaggerated expressions of love, and a singularly...

...do ; but both together, we shall make it badly. I will not willingly serve with a man who coneiders himself the first general in Europe." Numbers of letters from Bonaparte to his wife have been VOL. I.—4 published. I cannot deny their authenticity, nor is it my wish to do so. I will, however, subjoin...