It's been argued that Saint-Just came pretty close to smoothing things over between the Committees and the Convention, but a dispute with some colleagues and then a conversation with Robespierre made him change course--in the latter we don't know what was said--so one wonders what impact he could have had had he pursued his initial course of action. Furthermore, what were his thoughts when it all fell apart?
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Date: 2008-09-10 08:54 pm (UTC)