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Excerpt from Memoirs of the War in Spain, From 1808 to 1814, Vol. 1 of 2
The Memoirs of marshal Suchet are as much! The offspring of his own mind as the campaigns which he describes: the spirit in which they, were composed may be gathered from what we have just premised. He derived enjoyment and relaxation from the task; his active imagination delighted in the recollection of the past, amidst the pleasing distractions of a domestic life, and during the painful intermission of his last illness. His in timate friends drew from his conversation a faithful commentary on his work; he pointed out the final modifications to be made, which rather consisted in curtailments from than in additions to it, and he sought with their assistance the explanatory documents that were to accompany the publica tion. Much time was required for effecting this careful revision, for checking the accuracy of figures and dates, drawing up statements, and appending notes or documents intended to eluci date, explain, or develop the text.
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