Excerpt from Commentaries on the War in Russia and Germany: In 1812 and 1813

The contributors to the general stock of historical knowledge may be divided into two classes.

First: - Contemporary authors who have been personally acquainted with the scenes and events they profess to describe.

Secondly: - Authors who avail themselves of the materials furnished by others, and unite them in a philosophical but faithful record of the past.

The primary contributors must be sought for among those who, as eye-witnesses or otherwise, have had opportunities of acquiring an intimate knowledge of the facts they relate, or those who collect and publish official documents. The promoters of history, in the second instance, are of necessity compilers; but of these, some, with more or less fitness for the task, assume the higher functions of the investigator, moralist, and judge.

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