The Whites and The Blues

Moreau was about this time a man thirty-seven years of age, and, with Hoche, the only man who could dispute with Bonaparte in reputation at least, if not in fortune.

He had at this time just joined an association, which later became a conspiracy, which lasted from 1797 to 1809, when it became extinct at the death of General Oudot, the head of the society, which was called the Philadelphiles. In this society he was known as Fabius, in memory of the famous Roman general who conquered Hannibal by temporizing.