Napoleon bonaparte speech - farewell to the old guard napoleon bonaparte - farewell to the old guard (1814) following the failed invasion of russia and defeat by the allies soldiers of my old guard: i bid you farewell. for twenty years i have constantly accompanied you on the road to honor and glory. in these latter times, as in the days of our prosperity, you have invariably been models of courage and fidelity. with men such as you our cause could not be lost; but the war would have been interminable; it would have been civil war, and that would have entailed deeper misfortunes on france. i have sacrificed all of my interests to those of the country. i go, but you, my friends, will continue to serve france. which of the following best describes the tone in napoleon’s “farewell to the old guard” speech? question 1 options: elated mournful joyful impartial