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Danton

A powerful revolutionary leader, mentioned as a rival to Robespierre.

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Also known as Even Danton

First appearance: I: “The Everlasting Stars Look Down, Like Glistening Eyes Bright with Immortal Pity, Over the Lot of Man.”

Danton shows up with force in I: “The Everlasting Stars Look Down, Like Glistening Eyes Bright with Immortal Pity, Over the Lot of Man.”. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Mentioned as the fallen giant of the Revolution, whose execution by Robespierre left his followers cowed and leaderless.
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Danton first appears in 0000 i the everlasting stars look down like glistening eyes bright with immortal pity over the lot of man.

In I: “The Everlasting Stars Look Down, Like Glistening Eyes Bright with Immortal Pity, Over the Lot of Man.”: Mentioned as the fallen giant of the Revolution, whose execution by Robespierre left his followers cowed and leaderless.

Later, in I: Mentioned among those who perished, a victim of the Revolution's internal violence.

See Danton in I: “The Everlasting Stars Look Down, Like Glistening Eyes Bright with Immortal Pity, Over the Lot of Man.”Book page

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RORobespierreTATallienCCCitizen Chauve…TCTheresia Cabar…HÉHébertDADanton

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See Danton in I: “The Everlasting Stars Look Down, Like Glistening Eyes Bright with Immortal Pity, Over the Lot of Man.”
See Danton in I: “The Everlasting Stars Look Down, Like Glistening Eyes Bright with Immortal Pity, Over the Lot of Man.”