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[Footnote 7: Michael Montaigne’s “Gedanken und Meinungen über Allerley Gegenstände. Ins Deutsch übersetzt.” Berlin (Lagarde) 1793-5. Bode’s life is in Vol. VI, pages III-CXLIV. For a review of Bode’s Life see Neue Bibl. der schönen Wissenschaften, LVIII, p.
The successes of the French were favoured by the fact that the enemy never put their whole heart into the affair, as they were preoccupied by the partition of Poland, which they effected in 1793-5. Each Power wished to be on the spot in order to obtain more territory. This motive had already caused the King of Prussia to retire after the battle of Valmy in 1792.
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