quiet Southern sky, amid all the sweet influences of his beautiful country home.
He was born to be a rover, to fight whenever and wherever he could, and to help where help was needed.
He went back to France, and tried to collect some prize money. Then he went to Denmark, and then to Russia, where the. Empress received him kindly, and made him a rear admiral in the Russian navy. Russia was then at war, and once again he took his sword in hand, and fought her battles on the Black Sea. But she did not appreciate his services. Her officers were jealous of the great man, and he was dismissed from the service without any explanation or just cause. From there he went to Paris, where he had first listened to the world’s applause, and where he had many friends. Here he lived—going into the public assemblies now and then until his health began to fail. In 1792, the United States sent a ship to France, with a commission to Paul
