es for
a new Campaign? We may as well die, as suffer that to be possible!" Such
is Friedrich's fixed view. He says to D'Argens:--

"You, as a follower of Epicurus, put a value on life; as for me, I
regard death from the Stoic point of view. Never shall I see the moment
that forces me to make a disadvantageous Peace; no persuasion, no
eloquence, shall ever induce me to sign my dishonor. Either I will bury
myself under the ruins of my Country, or if that consolation appears too
sweet to the Destiny that persecutes me, I shall know how to put an end
to my misfortunes when it is impossible to bear them any longer. I
have acted, and continue to act, according to that interior voice of
conscience and of honor which directs all my steps: my conduct shall be,
in every time, conformable to those principles. After having sacrificed
my youth to my Father, my ripe years to my Country, I think I have
acquired the right to dispose of my old age. I have told you, and I
repeat it, Never shall my hand sign a humiliating Peace. Finish this
Campaign I certainly will, resolved to dare all, and to try the most
desperate things either to succeed or to find a glorious end (FIN
GLORIEUSE)." [_OEuvres de Frederic,_ xix. 202 ("Kemberg, 28th October,
1760," a week and a day before Torgau).]

Friedrich had marched from Lubben, after three days, settling of
affairs, OCTOBER 20th; arrived at Jessen, on the Elbe, within wind of
Wittenberg, in two days more. "He formed a small magazine at Duben,"
says Archenholtz; "and was of a velocity, a sharpness,"--like lightning,
in a manner! Friedrich is uncommonly dangerous when crushed into a
corner, in this way; and Daun knows that he is. Friedrich's manoeuvrings
upon Daun--all readers can anticipate the general type of them. The
studious military reader, if England boasts any such, will find punctual
detail of them in TEMPELHOF and the German Books. For our poor objects,
here is a Summary which may suffice:--

From Lubben, having winded up these bad businesses,--and reinforced
Goltz, at Glogau, to a 20,000 for Silesia's sake, to look towards Kosel
and Loudon's attempts there,--Friedrich gathered himself into proper
concentration; and with all the strength now left to him pushed forward
(20th October) towards Wittenberg, and recovery of those lost Saxon
Countries. To Wittenberg from Lubben is some 60 miles;--can be done,
nearly, in a couple of days. With the King, after Goltz is furnished,
there are about