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In France, wrote Ségur in his memoirs,
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Of any revenge to be taken on the enemy, not a word.
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No one among us, he said further,
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he found two:
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One quite reasonable and conscientious, the desire to well serve King and country ... another more unique, a veritable enthusiasm for the cause of American liberty. Ministers hesitated, on account of the greatness of the risk,
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During the sea voyage only the chiefs knew exactly whither they were going; some officers thought at one time they might have to fight elsewhere than in America. One of Rochambeau's officers, the aforementioned Mathieu-Dumas, confided his misgivings to his journal:
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Above all, he wrote,
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I had heartily espoused the cause of the independence of the Americans, and I should have felt extreme regret at losing the honor of combating for their liberty.