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1.228. Septembriseur, * Septemberer,* or * September murderer,* a Word coined from Septembre,

Danton, Georges-Jacques Danton was bom at Arcis-sur-Aube in 1759. Like many other Revolutionary leaders, he was a barrister {avocat), and his boldness, rough éloquence and stentorian voice soon made him a popular leader. He founded in 1 790 the famous Cordeliers Club, which was for some time more extrême than the Jacobins. He joined the Girondins in overthrowing the monarchy. He organized the insurrection of the loth of August, and was appointed Minister of Justice. He did not attempt to prevent the September massacres, though he does not seem to hâve taken part in organizing them. He had a leading part in the measures taken by the Convention, and was appointed a member of the Committee of Public Safety. He made overtures to the Girondins, but finding them impracticable he joined in overthrowing their power. He wished however to spare their lives, and, wben the danger from abroad was over, to retum to a milder

System of govemment. Robespierre wished to continue the Terror; and Danton, who disdained to take measures to protect himself, was brought before the Revolutionary Tribunal, condemned and guillotined, in April, 17941 with his friend Camille Desmoulins.

Robespierre, François Joseph Maximilien Isidore Robespierre was bom at Arras in 1759 and became a barrister there. He was sent by the town of Arras to the States- General of 1789. He was one of the earliest to profess openly republican principles ; and he was fanatically imbued with the doctrines of Rousseau. During the earlier conflicts of the Révolution, he kept in the background; but in the Convention he took the lead of the Jacobins, and was denounced as aiming at a Dictatorship. Louvet attacked him, Oct. 29th, 1792, but withotit resuit. Robespierre took a leading part in bringing about the exécution of Louis XVI., and the fall of the Girondins. He was now the leading man in the Committee of Public Safety, and organized the Reign of Terror which destroyed ail the enemies of the Jacobins. But his narrow fanaticism led him on to destroy ail who did not agrée with his view of the Republic, including those (like Danton) who wished to show clemency, and the atheists and anarchists who wished to go further still. At last fear gave the différent parties courage to resist; Robespierre was attacked in the Convention, outlawed, captured and guillotined, July 28, 1794.

L 229. V enfant perduy the forlom hope, 'the desperado,' a military term for one who leads an assault.

1. 230. Marat, Jean- Paul Marat was bom in Neuchâtel (then belonging to Frederick the Great of Prussia) in 1744. He studied medicine, lived in England for some time, and was appointed doctor to the Comte d*Artois* bodyguard. He wrote a number of scientific and political Works, one recommending constitutional monarchy. He published a daily paper called by many names, and best known 2&rAmV du Peuple, In this he incited the people to murder and pillage. His violence made even the Jacobins disavow him, and he often had to hide in cellars. He took a leading share in organizing the September massacres. The Girondins accused him of indting to revolt; but he was acquitted by the Revolutionary Tribunal in April, 1793, and had a great share in the overthrow of the Girondins. His health, however, was ruined by his labours and his debauchery; and he was really dying when Charlotte Corday stabbed him, July i3th, 1793.

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1. 239. ye serai ton second, Barbaroux did afterwards attack Robespierre for aiming at the dictatorship, and was supported by Louvet.

1. 24i9. je ne sais pas un seul gouvernement Qui... puisse vivre. Hère the subjunctive does not follow un seul as it does le seul^ see note on 1. 2o6. It is used with a relative depending on a négative sentence. See Eve, §251 (i).

1. 256. Ils ontt pour opprimer^ âr'c. * in order to oppress the virtue which they misrepresent {travestie) they hâve hit on the plan of calling it Aristocracy.*