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Five or six hundred heads cut off would have assured your repose, freedom and happiness.

Jean-Paul Marat

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Jean-Paul Marat
Age: 50 †
Born: 1743
Born: May 24
Died: 1793
Died: July 13
Journalist
Physician
Politician
Boudry NE
Jean Paul Marat
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