Excerpt from The Monthly Religious Magazine, 1855, Vol. 13 Among the many bloody atrocities of the French Revolution, there is not one that, for tragic interest, surpasses the imprison ment, trial, and execution of the twenty-two Girondist Deputies.* They were men illustrious for statesmanship and eloquence, who, though differing widely in age, capacity, and pursuit, had been drawn together by a common desire to save their country from that ruin which they felt to be impending over her. For weary months they had sufi'ered all the rigor of a gloomy imprisonment, enlivened only by occasional interviews with wives and friends through the gratings of their dungeons, or by conversations among themselves of matters pertaining to their country, or to questions of philosophy. Still there are shown upon the beams and walls of their prison, written in many instances in blood, va rious quotations from ancient and modern authors, expressive of those sentiments which most sustained them; one only among them all breathing the reliance and hope of a truly Christian spirit. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.