"We have," says the General, "to cause this grand thought, which monarchies decline to recognise but which the Republic should hold sacred, to penetrate into the minds of our officers and soldiers--opinion alone can worthily recompense the sacrifice of a life; remember that if you make a bad choice of the men you recommend, you will gravely compromise your responsibility towards me, and at the same time the great principle which I would have prevail." The General is a very copious writer, and it seems to me that he would do well to remember that if he can only drive away the Prussians, he will have time enough afterwards to introduce his "grand thoughts" into the army.

Two things, says Thiers, impose upon Frenchmen--military glory and profound silence.

Trochu has the first to win, and he apparently scorns the latter.

He is a species of military doctrinaire, and he finds it difficult to avoid lecturing soldiers or civilians at least once a day.

I was looking at him the other day, and I never saw calm, serene, self-complacency more clearly depicted upon the human countenance.