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266. [continued].

That the Emperor May
be able, whenever a pacification takes place,
to show himself the father and friend of the
human race, to restore to nations the moral
laws which have governed their intercourse,
and to prevent, forever, a repetition of those
ravages by sea and land, which will distinguish
the present as an age of Vandalism, I
sincerely pray.—
To Count Pahlen. Washington ed. v, 527.
(M. 1810)