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S.A. Bent, comp. Familiar Short Sayings of Great Men. 1887.
Count Pestel
[Paul, Count Pestel; born in Russia, 1794; author of “Pestel’s Hymn;” became the leader of a secret society formed to introduce by force liberal institutions; executed 1826.]
Stupid country, where they do not even know how to hang!
When the rope broke by which he was to be hanged.
