A small part of mankind had the courage to try to make man into. . . man. Well, the experiment was not successful.
Georges Couthon was a provincial lawyer in the mountains of Auveregne. Не was a mild -mannered humanitarian, knowing for his courteous and gentle ways, generally liked and trusted.
Ваrere dangerous? He could be so only in a society that was too rigid for its own good. Не was willing enough to compromise and maneuver.
Billaud was radical for the start. Educated to be a lawyer... the young Billaud could find no practice in his home town La Rochelle. He wrote a comedy, which failed. He took up teaching.... At the age of twenty-eight he went to Paris on his fathers money, and was admitted to Paris bar... Three years later we find him writing a philosophical tract, The Last Blow against prejustice and Superstition , aimed at the church.
Collot was native to Paris.Playing his first role at seventeen he became a professional actor........
....but more than any of his eleven future colleagues , he entered the Revolution with acute sense of personal frustration.
Ваrere dangerous? He could be so only in a society that was too rigid for its own good. Не was willing enough to compromise and maneuver.
Billaud was radical for the start. Educated to be a lawyer... the young Billaud could find no practice in his home town La Rochelle. He wrote a comedy, which failed. He took up teaching.... At the age of twenty-eight he went to Paris on his fathers money, and was admitted to Paris bar... Three years later we find him writing a philosophical tract, The Last Blow against prejustice and Superstition , aimed at the church.
Collot was native to Paris.Playing his first role at seventeen he became a professional actor........
....but more than any of his eleven future colleagues , he entered the Revolution with acute sense of personal frustration.