Antonine Laurent de Lavoisier - Give me a moment

During the French Revolution, the French Republic Government put up thousands of thousands of thousands of aristocrats and Antonine could not avoid this nightmare.

Antonine Laurent de Lavoisier and his wife

The reason Antonine was arrested because he was a shareholder of the tax company, although he did not collect taxes on his own but was a shareholder of course also benefited.

On May 2, 1794, the Government revolutionized the delivery of Antonine to the Trial Revolutionary Court, at which time there was no so-called great justice, Antonine understood this well, and his wife and friends understood it well. this.

This is a ridiculous trial, no evidence needed, no need to defend, the Court easily determines a person's crime. People scream like crazy: "Guilty, guilty, take it to Revolution Square, don't hesitate!"

"But ." - Antonine said - "I am waiting to do a sweat escape experiment, I beg for a moment for me to devote a little more homeland".

"Enough" - The judge patted the table - "The Republic doesn't need a scientist".

Facing the rational people, Antonine did not beg. He began to recall the work of his life, not much to say to the judge.

On May 8, 1794, Antonine and her father-in-law and more than twenty other prisoners were taken to the escort to the execution site, beginning their final frightening life. Antonine knew how to die.

The escort stopped at Revolution Square, the prisoner silently waited. Antonine closed his eyes, his face showing no signs. A moment later, he opened his eyes, looked at a group of people around him to see the masses were angry, expecting them to be executed soon, of course, including relatives and friends who were silently crying.

The knife net lifted and fell, it was Antonine and his father-in-law's turn. His father-in-law did not stand and was too afraid, he leaned on Antonine."Be strong, this is just a matter of a moment and then I will return to eternity" - he told his father-in-law.

Antonine leisurely stepped onto the guillotine. Therefore, a scientist wrote the following words: "Cutting a head just takes a moment, but hundreds of years after humanity does not produce such a head."

After a momentary hysteria, the French understood the value of the Antonine people, less than two years after his death, Paris erected his bust - a great scientist of France.

"Without simultaneously improving the science itself, we will not be able to improve the voice of any science."
- Antonine Laurent de Lavoisier -
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