“Robertspiere [sic], Robertspiere alone in vain raised his voice against the perfidious decree regarding superior conscripts, but his voice was muffled.”

—  Jean-Paul Marat

L'Ami du peuple (1790-12-05), as cited in Robespierre (1910-67), vol. 6, p. 611
the mispelling of Maximilien Robespierre's name appears in the original, as many writers in France during this stage of the Revolution were unsure of the correct spelling.

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politician and journalist during the French Revolution 1743–1793

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