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A man who could propose, even playfully, to quench old McNab's thirst must have been a utopist, a pursuer of chimeras; for of downright irony Heyst was not prodigal.

From Victory An Island Tale by Conrad, Joseph

One who has said as many excellent and practical things as occur in these two beautiful and paradoxical improvisations of yours cannot be a pure and unwavering utopist.

From What is Property? by Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)

But so, also, has he who stands outside of the actual civic field, whether as philistine or aesthete, utopist or cynic, party politician or "mug-wump."

From Civics: as Applied Sociology by Geddes, Patrick