The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 3 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 519 pages of information about The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 3.

The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 3 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 519 pages of information about The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 3.
In short, Beaupuy seems to have always remained worthy of the high praise bestowed on him by Wordsworth.  His name is to be remembered along with those of the unspotted generals of the first years of the Revolution—­Hoche, Marceau, etc.—­before the craving for conquest had developed, and the love of liberty yielded to a fond admiration of Bonaparte as it did in the case of Kleber, Desaix, and so many others. [C]
N. B.—­The great influence which Beaupuy exercised at that time on Wordsworth will be easily understood, if we take into account not only his real qualities, but also his age.  When they met, Wordsworth was only twenty-one, Beaupuy nearly thirty-five.  The grown-up man could impart much of his knowledge of life, and of the favourite authors of the time, to a youth fresh from the University—­though that youth was Wordsworth.

  EMILE LEGOUIS.

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FOOTNOTES ON THE TEXT

[Footnote A:  His bravery shone forth at Coethen, where he was left alone in a group of Prussians.  He fought with their chief and disarmed him.  A few days after he was named General of Brigade.—­8th March 1793.]

[Footnote B:  The pacification of Vendee was for a great part owing to his valour and prudence.]

[Footnote C:  Beaupuy is said to have united civic virtues with military talents.  A good son and a good brother, he showed in many a circumstance that true valour does not exclude humanity, and that the soul can be both strong and full of feeling.]

These notes (B and C) are taken from ’Biographic Nouvelle de Contemporains’.

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