03 dezembro 2014

Brave Last Words

onlooker: "Tu trembles, Bailly?" ("Do you tremble, Bailly?")

Bailly: "Oui, mais c'est seulement de froid." ("Yes, but it is only the cold.")



Bailly was an indisputable leader during the earliest days of the French Revolution. He became unpopular, and after unsuccessfully trying to go into retirement, he was arrested. Bailly was brought before the Revolutionary Tribunal in Paris, speedily tried, and sentenced to death the next day. Those were his last words.

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