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==References == | <p> A French heroine, born at St. Saturnin, of good birth, granddaughter of Corneille; well read in Voltaire and Plutarch; favoured the Revolution, but was shocked at the atrocities of the Jacobins; started from [[Caen]] for [[Paris]] as an avenging angel; sought out Marat, with difficulty got access to him, stabbed him to the heart as he sat "stewing in slipper-bath," and "his life with a groan gushed out, indignant, to the shades below"; when arrested, she "quietly surrendered"; when questioned as to her motive, she answered, "I killed one man to save a hundred thousand"; she was guillotined next day (1763-1793). </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_71227"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/corday,+charlotte Charlotte Corday from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_71227"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/corday,+charlotte Charlotte Corday from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:09, 15 October 2021
Charlotte Corday [1]
A French heroine, born at St. Saturnin, of good birth, granddaughter of Corneille; well read in Voltaire and Plutarch; favoured the Revolution, but was shocked at the atrocities of the Jacobins; started from Caen for Paris as an avenging angel; sought out Marat, with difficulty got access to him, stabbed him to the heart as he sat "stewing in slipper-bath," and "his life with a groan gushed out, indignant, to the shades below"; when arrested, she "quietly surrendered"; when questioned as to her motive, she answered, "I killed one man to save a hundred thousand"; she was guillotined next day (1763-1793).
