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1From John Adams to Benjamin Rush, 31 August 1808 (Adams Papers)
...in him so very much Superiour to Dumourier or Pichegru, or several others, of the Generals now under him. The Impetus of the Revolution, Setting all Things at Defyance operated like a Steam Engine to bend the Character of the french Soldiers to the Severest military discipline the World ever witnessed. All this was done and the french Nation and Armies formed by the national assemblies...