![]() Then he looked around, and he discovered that he was alone. ![]() and then when he started feeling chilly, he didn’t recall, but the only thing that he remembers is that suddenly he became aware that he was cold, and there was a throwback in his mind, and he realized that he had been cold for some time. Click here to read the Gospel passage (Luke 15:4–7).Ī sheep was enjoying his grass. I cannot embrace you all, I will embrace your leader, I will also embrace your flag.In this 1951 sermon, theologian and mystic Howard Thurman (1900–1981) reflects on Jesus’ parable of the lost sheep, starting with the sheep’s perspective. You will serve her always with glory and honour you will be faithful to your new sovereign. I have sacrificed all my personal interests for the good of the nation so I am leaving. One part of the army betrayed me parties were created to form another government. The allied powers were presenting all of Europe united against us. For three years I could have waged a civil war but France would only have been more unhappy, there would have been no definitive outcome. In your hands, our cause would not have been lost. Again in these last days, you have given me proof of this. You have always behaved with courage and fidelity. “Soldiers of my Old Guard, I bid you farewell.įor twenty years, you have constantly been by my side on the road to honour and glory. The ‘original’ version of the ‘Adieux de Fontainebleau’, found and quoted by Thierry Lentz in Les vingts jours de Fontainebleau, Paris : Perrin, 2014, pp. Source: Baron Fain, Manuscrit de 1814, Paris: Bossange, 1830, pp. Thus he spoke, and bursting out of the group which had formed around him, he threw himself into his carriage…” ‘Once again, adieu, my old companions! May this last kiss pass to your hearts!’ Napoleon, visibly moved, pulled himself together and began again with a stronger voice: The silence which this great scene imposed was broken only by the sobs of the soldiers. Napoleon took the general in his arms and kissed the standard. ![]() Let me at least embrace your standard….!’Īt these words, General Petit, seized the aigle and stepped forward. Adieu, my children! Would that I could press you all to my heart. I want to write down the great deeds which we have done together. Do not lament my fate the only reason I have allowed myself to survive was so that I could further serve our glory. Her happiness was my only thought it shall continue to be the object of my desires. But you, my friends, continue to serve France. I have therefore sacrificed all of our interests to those of la patrie I shall depart. With men such as you our cause would not have been lost but the war would have been interminable it would have been a civil war, and France would only have become unhappier still. In these latter times, as in the days of our prosperity, you have never ceased to be models of courage and fidelity. For twenty years you have been my constant companions on the road to honour and glory. ‘Soldiers of my Old Guard, I bid you farewell. Everyone fell silent, and in a most devoted quiet, they listened to his last words. “On the 20 April at noon … Napoleon left his rooms… He descended the flight of steps and, passing the row of carriages, he advanced towards the Guard.
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