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Why should this moment be selected by one of our number to dishonor himself?
His name is now blasted throughout France.
And the unfortunate man has children! Suddenly overwhelmed by public contempt he leaves, and falls fainting at the door, exclaiming, 'Ah! this will be my death!' I do not know what has become of him since.

What is strange is, he had not behaved badly up to that time, and he voted for the Constitution."] [Footnote 1228: De Ferrieres, I.168 .-- Malouet, I.298 (according to him the faction did not number more than ten members),--idem II.
10 .-- Dumont, 250.] [Footnote 1229: "Convention nationale" governed France from 21st September 1792 until Oct.

26th 1796.

We distinguish between three different assemblies, "la Convention Girondine" 1792-93, "the Mountain," 1793-94 and "la Thermidorienne," from 1794-1795.