Napoleon said of Massena, that he was not himself until the battle began to go against him; then, when the dead began to fall in ranks around him, awoke his powers of combination, and he put on terror and victory as a robe.


An Address Delivered Before the Senior Class in Divinity College, Cambridge, Sunday Evening, 15 July, 1838 (ed. 1838)

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

Napoleon said of Massena, that he was not himself until the battle began to go against him; then, when the dead began to fall in ranks around him,...

Napoleon said of Massena, that he was not himself until the battle began to go against him; then, when the dead began to fall in ranks around him,...

Napoleon said of Massena, that he was not himself until the battle began to go against him; then, when the dead began to fall in ranks around him,...

Napoleon said of Massena, that he was not himself until the battle began to go against him; then, when the dead began to fall in ranks around him,...