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5. The Reign of Terror. FIVE THE REIGN OF TERROR
 in which the National Convention, which followed the Legislative Assembly, was supreme. The more moderate members of this were called Girondins from the Gironde, the estuary of the Garonne, from the neighbourhood of which many of them came. They were able men, scholars and philosophers, full of schemes for reviving classical times, but wishing to stop short of the plans of the Jacobins, of whom the chief was Robespierre, a lawyer from Artois, filled with fanatical notions of the rights of man. He, with a party of other violent republicans, called the Mountain, of whom Danton and Marat were most noted, set to work to destroy all that interfered with their plans of general equality. The guillotine, a recently invented machine for beheading, was set in all the chief market-places, and hundreds were put to death on the charge of "conspiring against the nation." Louis XVI. was executed early in 1793; and it was enough to have any sort of birthright to be thought dangerous and put to death. REPUBLIC IN WHICH THE NATIONAL CONVENTION WHICH FOLLOWED THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY WAS SUPREME THE MORE MODERATE MEMBERS OF THIS WERE CALLED GIRONDIN FROM THE GIRONDE THE ESTUARY OF THE GHERN FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF WHICH MANY OF THEM CAME THEY WERE ABLE MEN SCHOLARS AND PHILOSOPHERS FULL OF SCHEMES FOR REVIVING CLASSICAL TIMES BUT WISHING TO STOP SHORT OF THE PLANS OF THE JACOBIN OF WHOM THE CHIEF WAS HOBESPIERRE A LAWYER FROM ARTOIS FILLED WITH FANATICAL NOTIONS OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN WITH A PARTY OF OTHER VIOLENT REPUBLICANS CALLED THE MOUNTAIN OF WHOM DANTON AND MAHA WERE MOST NOTED SET TO WORK TO DESTROY ALL THAT INTERFERED WITH THEIR PLANS OF GENERAL EQUALITY THE GUILLOTINE A RECENTLY INVENTED MACHINE FOR BEHEADING WAS SET IN ALL THE CHIEF MARKET PLACES AND HUNDREDS WERE PUT TO DEATH ON THE CHARGE OF CONSPIRING AGAINST THE NATION LOUIS THE SIXTEENTH WAS EXECUTED EARLY IN SEVENTEEN NINETY THREE AND IT WAS ENOUGH TO HAVE ANY SORT OF BIRTHRIGHT TO BE THOUGHT DANGEROUS AND PUT TO DEATH
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