Cabet

American  

[ka-be] / kaˈbɛ /

noun

1. Étienne 1788–1856, French socialist who established a utopian community in the U.S. (in Illinois) called Icaria: became U.S. citizen 1854.

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Cabet

Deeply scarred by the 1930s Depression, politicians, labor leaders and intellectuals adopted the slogan of 19th century French Utopian Socialist Etienne Cabet: "Nothing is impossible for a government that wants the good of its citizens."

From Time Magazine Archive

I am sure the third person, namely, Cabet, was "puerile"; but I do not think I could read Aurora Leigh again, even to make sure of the distribution of the other epithets.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by George Saintsbury

So, for example, Communism as taught by Cabet, Dezamy, Weitling, and others is a dogmatic abstraction....

From The life and teaching of Karl Marx by M. Beer

Cabet accepted Owen's advice and called for volunteers to form the "advance guard" of settlers, the number responding being pitifully, almost ludicrously, small.

From Socialism A Summary and Interpretation of Socialist Principles by John Spargo

Some communities have for many years bravely endured the burden of debt, penury, and discomfort, to be loyal to the memory of their founder, as in the case at Icaria of the followers of Cabet.

From Some Objections To Socialism From "The Atheistic Platform", Twelve Lectures by Charles Bradlaugh

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