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of the Paris Court which had been tied down on the railroad tracks
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so that he was caught by the 5:12 train between
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Paris and Dijon and cut in half.
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The Republic seemed to have a new lease on life but,
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as one of its critics said,
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it could also be called a new lease on death.
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But something had been changed
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because the three major parties had been frightened.
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Now, in 1920 you will know, you will remember,
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that at the Congress of Tours the Communist Party
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split away from the Socialist Party.
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And the Communist Party