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Barère
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French revolutionary, a member of the States-General, the National Assembly of France, and the Convention; voted in the Convention for the execution of the king, uttering the oft-quoted words, "The tree of Liberty thrives only when watered by the blood of tyrants;" escaped the fate of his associates; became a spy under Napoleon; was called by Burke, from his flowery oratory, the Anacreon of the Guillotine, and by Mercier, "the greatest liar in France;" he was inventor of the famous fable "his masterpiece," of the "Sinking of the Vengeur ," "the largest, most inspiring piece of blaque manufactured, for some centuries, by any man or nation;" died in beggary (1755-1841). See Vengeur .
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Barère'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/b/barre.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Barère'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/b/barre.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
