Cabet
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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 Saintsbury, George
Though educated for the bar, Cabet devoted himself to social and political reform.
From Our Foreigners A Chronicle of Americans in the Making by Orth, Samuel Peter
As a result, Cabet, in 1856, was expelled from his own Icaria!
From Our Foreigners A Chronicle of Americans in the Making by Orth, Samuel Peter
When the clamor rose for a practical test of the theories set forth so alluringly, Cabet visited Robert Owen in England and sought advice as to the best site for such an experiment.
From Socialism A Summary and Interpretation of Socialist Principles by Spargo, John
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