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 * Revolution||1
 * Subserviency of the press||1
 * The 'Moniteur'||2
 * Obscurity of the early history of the Guillotine||4
 * Silence of historians||5
 * M. Thiers as an historian||5
 * Mr. Alison||6
 * Original intention of the Guillotine||7
 * Dr. Guillotin elected to the National Assembly||8
 * His proposed sanitary reforms||9
 * His propositions regarding capital punishment||9
 * Objections to decapitation||10
 * Guillotin's recommendation of his machine||11
 * Origin of the name—'Les Actes des Apôtres'||11
 * Barnave—Chapelier—Coupe-tête||13
 * Louison, the first name of the Guillotine||13
 * Proceedings on Guillotin's propositions||14
 * Revolutionary sympathy||15
 * Clermont-Tonnère's philanthropy and assassination||15
 * Execution of the Agasses||18
 * Proposal for abolishing capital punishment negatived||19
 * Assassination of Le Pelletier de St. Fargeau||20
 * Robespierre's humane protest||20
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 * Objections to decapitation||10
 * Guillotin's recommendation of his machine||11
 * Origin of the name—'Les Actes des Apôtres'||11
 * Barnave—Chapelier—Coupe-tête||13
 * Louison, the first name of the Guillotine||13
 * Proceedings on Guillotin's propositions||14
 * Revolutionary sympathy||15
 * Clermont-Tonnère's philanthropy and assassination||15
 * Execution of the Agasses||18
 * Proposal for abolishing capital punishment negatived||19
 * Assassination of Le Pelletier de St. Fargeau||20
 * Robespierre's humane protest||20
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 * Revolutionary sympathy||15
 * Clermont-Tonnère's philanthropy and assassination||15
 * Execution of the Agasses||18
 * Proposal for abolishing capital punishment negatived||19
 * Assassination of Le Pelletier de St. Fargeau||20
 * Robespierre's humane protest||20
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 * Assassination of Le Pelletier de St. Fargeau||20
 * Robespierre's humane protest||20
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 * Robespierre's humane protest||20
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