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Clootz, Anacharsis
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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Baron Jean Baptiste de Clootz, a French Revolutionary, born at Clèves; "world-citizen"; his faith that "a world federation is possible, under all manner of customs, provided they hold men"; his pronomen Anacharsis suggested by his resemblance to an ancient Scythian prince who had like him a cosmopolitan spirit; was one of the founders of the worship of Reason, and styled himself the "orator of the human race"; distinguished himself at the great Federation, celebrated on the Champ de Mars, by entering the hall on the great Federation Day, June 19,1790, "with the human species at his heels"; was guillotined under protest in the name of the human race (1755-1794).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Clootz, Anacharsis'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/c/clootz-anacharsis.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Clootz, Anacharsis'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/c/clootz-anacharsis.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
