Danton, Georges Jacques (1759-1794):
Danton was a French radical who became the acknowledged leader of the revolution following the storming of the Bastille in 1789. Eventually out-radicaled by Robespierre, Danton retired to his home in Arcis, but returned to Paris in 1793. He should have stayed at his home, for he was branded as "indulgent" of the monarchy and sentenced to death. When Danton was asked to formally reply to the revolutionary tribunal that sentenced him, he defiantly began, "My address will soon be annihilation. As for my name, you will find it in the pantheon of history." Later as he placed his neck in the guillotine, he gave his final instructions to the executioner.
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I'd like to see a revolution on this site. Unfortunately, very few men among them has any idea of photography ;) Oh and the image, yes it's clever as always.
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