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I am very happy to see the enemy wish to avoid our coming to him. – Napoleon

Andrew Roberts

I am very happy to see the enemy wish to avoid our coming to him. – Napoleon

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For a man who was to exhibit such acute political sharpness later in his career, Napoleon completely misread the revolution's opening stages. 'I repeat what I have said to you,' he wrote to Joseph on July 22, a week after the fall of the Bastille, 'calm will return. In a month, there will no longer be a question of anything. So, if you send me 300 livres [7,500 francs] I will go to Paris to terminate our business.
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