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| The Revolution | 1 |
| Subserviency of the press | 1 |
| The 'Moniteur' | 2 |
| Obscurity of the early history of the Guillotine | 4 |
| Silence of historians | 5 |
| M. Thiers as an historian | 5 |
| Mr. Alison | 6 |
| Original intention of the Guillotine | 7 |
| Dr. Guillotin elected to the National Assembly | 8 |
| His proposed sanitary reforms | 9 |
| His propositions regarding capital punishment | 9 |
| Objections to decapitation | 10 |
| Guillotin's recommendation of his machine | 11 |
| Origin of the name—'Les Actes des Apôtres' | 11 |
| Barnave—Chapelier—Coupe-tête | 13 |
| Louison, the first name of the Guillotine | 13 |
| Proceedings on Guillotin's propositions | 14 |
| Revolutionary sympathy | 15 |
| Clermont-Tonnère's philanthropy and assassination | 15 |
| Execution of the Agasses | 18 |
| Proposal for abolishing capital punishment negatived | 19 |
| Assassination of Le Pelletier de St. Fargeau | 20 |
| Robespierre's humane protest | 20 |
