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The Daily Dispatch: June 9, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 4 (search)
to help himself. If so, then there never was a fatalist in the world, and there never will be. The very Turk, who, seeing his house on fire, contents himself with saying, "It is the will of God." and suffers it to barn down without moving a finger to put out the fire, will move the own carcass out of the way when the flames come too near for his comfort. We explained the species of fatalism which we attributed to General Jackson, by likening it to that of Bonaparte. The sitter told Dr. O'Meara what sort of fatalist he was. The doctor told him he had heard that he was a fatalist. "In action," that is, in battle, "I am," said Napoleon. He then proceeded to exemplify his meaning. At the sings of Tonlon. where he commanded the artillery, a young officer of artillery, instead of observing the effect of his battery, skulked down behind the works. The men in consequence fired very wildly. "Coms up here, eir," said Bonaparts, "and see the effect of your shot" The young officer rose