"Yes," repliedPrinceAndrew, "butwiththislittledifference, thatinchessyoumaythinkovereachmoveaslongasyoupleaseandarenotlimitedfortime, andwiththisdifferencetoo, thataknightisalwaysstrongerthanapawn, andtwopawnsarealwaysstrongerthanone, ," hewenton, "ifthingsdependedonarrangementsmadebythestaff, Ishouldbetheremakingarrangements, butinsteadofthatIhavethehonortoservehereintheregimentwiththesegentlemen, andIconsiderthatonustomorrow'sbattlewilldependandnotonthoseothers....Successneverdepends, andneverwilldepend, onposition, orequipment, orevenonnumbers, andleastofallonposition."
"Butonwhatthen?"
"Onthefeelingthatisinmeandinhim," hepointedtoTimokhin, "andineachsoldier."
PrinceAndrewglancedatTimokhin, .
"Abattleiswonbythosewhofirmlyresolvetowinit! WhydidwelosethebattleatAusterlitz? TheFrenchlosseswerealmostequaltoours, butveryearlywesaidtoourselvesthatwewerelosingthebattle, , wewantedtogetawayfromthebattlefieldassoonaswecould.'We'velost, soletusrun,' , 'tsayit! Youtalkaboutourposition, theleftflankweakandtherightflanktooextended," hewenton."That'sallnonsense, there'? Ahundredmillionmostdiversechanceswhichwillbedecidedontheinstantbythefactthatourmenortheirsrunordonotrun, andthatthismanorthatmaniskilled, , ."
"Atsuchamoment?" saidPierrereproachfully.
"Atsuchamoment!" PrinceAndrewrepeated.": aRussianarmyofahundredthousandandaFrencharmyofahundredthousandhavemettofight, , weshallwintomorrow', happenwhatmay, weshallwin!"
