“It is impossible not to admire his ability, resource, and fortitude, in presenting himself everywhere to repel the dangers which assail him.”
Letter to Lord Holland (24 September 1813) on Napoleon, quoted in E. A. Smith, Lord Grey. 1764-1845 (Alan Sutton, 1996), p. 176.
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