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  3. If one considers that Napoleon revealed his powers in 1796 at the age of twe

If one considers that Napoleon revealed his powers in 1796 at the age of twe

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问题     If one considers that Napoleon revealed his powers in 1796 at the age of twenty-seven, it is plain that nature endowed him extraordinarily. These talents he applied unceasingly through the whole length of his prodigious career.
    (71)Through them he marks out his way along a resplendent path in the military annals of humanity.He carries his victorious eagles from the Alps to the Pyramids, and from the banks of the Tagus to those of the Moskova, surpassing in their flight the conquests of Alexander, of Hannibal and of Caesar. Thus he remains the great leader, superior to all others in his prodigious genius, his need of activity, his nature, ardent to excess, which is always favorable to the profits of war but dangerous to the equilibrium of peace.
    Thus he lifts the art of war far above all known heights, but this carries him to regions of dizziness. (72)Identifying the greatness of the country with his own, he would rule the destinies of nations with arms, as if one could bring about the prosperity of the people from a succession of victories at grievous sacrifices.As if in a civilized world, moral right should not be greater than a power created entirely by force, however talented that force might be. (73)In attempting this Napoleon himself goes down, not for lack of genius, but because he attempted the impossible, because he undertook with a France exhausted in every way, to bend to his laws a Europe already instructed by its misfortunes, and soon entirely in arms.
    Decidedly, duty is common to all. (74)Higher than commanding armies victoriously, there is our country to be served for her good as she understands it; there is justice to be respected everywhere. Above war there is peace.
    Sire, sleep in peace; from the tomb itself you labor continually for France. At every danger to the country, our flags quiver at the passage of the Eagle. If our legions have returned victorious through the triumphal arch which you built, it is because the sword of Austerlitz marked out their direction, showing how to unite and lead the army that won the victory. Your masterly lessons, your determined labors, remain indefeasible examples. In studying them and meditating on them the art of war grows daily greater. (75)It is only in the reverently and thoughtfully gathered rays of your immortal glory that generations of the distant future shall succeed in grasping the science of combat and the management of armies for the sacred cause of the defense of the country. [br]
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答案 在试图实现上述目标时，拿破仑走了下坡路。这不是因为他缺乏天才，恰恰是他想以财枯力竭的法国使整个欧洲臣服这种难以实现的试图。因当时欧洲已经从失败中吸取了教训，很快地全面武装起来。
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