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m in thename of liberty and equality. The only result is that,in the hurried and confused melee that ensues, twentyor thirty of the insurgents are killed, and the rest taketo their heels. One of the agents employed by the Comite insurrec-teur in arranging this abortive military coup de mainwas an… … X THE BABEUF CONSPIRACY 271 direct evidence of the fact—as indeed there was hardly-likely to be. Be this as it may, he now approachedboth the Director Carnot and also Cochon, Minister ofPolice, and in set terms denounced the conspiracy andits ringleaders. Acting on this information, Carnot, at the…
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