On one side reason shows that the expression of the will of a manhis words , in fact , are only a part of the general activity expressed in an event , such as a revolution or a war , and therefore without the assumption of an incomprehensible , supernatural forcea miracleit cannot be admitted that these words can be the immediate cause of the movements of millions of men . on the other side , even if one admits that words may be the cause of an event , history shows us that the expression of the will of historical personages in the great majority of cases does not lead to any effect at allthat is , that their commands are often not carried out , and , in fact , sometimes the very opposite of what they have commanded is done 一方面，推理表明，一个人的意志的表现他说的话只是表现在一桩事件上例如在一场战争中或一次革命中的全部活动的一部分所以，不承认一种不可理解的超自然的力量奇迹，就不能设想几句话会是千百万人的运动的直接原因，另一方面，即使我们假设几句话可以是事件发生的原因，但是历史又表明，历史人物的意志的表现在许多情形下不产生任何效果，就是说，他们的命令非但时常不被执行，有时竟出现与他们的命令完全相反的情况。
