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[152] Bar?re, " M?moires." "He wanted to rule France influentially
rather than directly." - Buchez et Roux, XIV., 188. (Article by
Marat.) During the early sessions of the Legislative Assembly, Marat
saw Robespierre on one occasion, and explained to him his plans for
exciting popular outbreaks, and for his purifying massacres.
"Robespierre listened to me with dismay, turned pale and kept silent
for some moments. This interview confirmed me in the idea I always
had of him, that he combined the enlightenment of a wise senator with
the uprightness of a genuine good man and the zeal of a true patriot,
but that he equally lacked the views and boldness of a statesman." -
Thibaudeau, "M?moires," 58. - He was the only member of the committee
of Public Safety who did not join the department missions.
[153] Someone is "grandisonian" when he is like the novelist
Richardson's hero, Sir Walter Grandison, beneficient, polite and
chivalrous. (SR).
[154] Buchez et Roux XX., 198. (Speech of Robespierre in the
Convention, November 5, 1792.)
[155] All these statements by Robespierre are opposed to the truth. -
("Proc?s-verbaux des S?ances de la Commune de Paris.
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