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This poem relates to 'Chevalier de la Barre, a 19 year old sentenced to death for blasphemy for failing to remove his hat during a religious procession. In 1766, Chevalier was beheaded after being tortured, then his body was burned, along with a copy of Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary.' (Source: Freedom from Religion Foundation, http://www.ffrf.org/)
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