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427: 42: 348:, near Paris, where with forty disciples, all of them men, he continued to carry out his socialist views. In August of the same year he was again arrested, and on his appearance in court he desired his defence to be undertaken by two women who were with him, alleging that the matter was of special concern to women; the request was promptly refused. The trial occupied two days and resulted in a verdict of guilty, and a sentence of imprisonment for a year with a small fine. 878: 292:("Supreme Fathers") – a union which was, however, only nominal, as a divergence was already manifest. Bazard, who concentrated on organizing the group, had devoted himself to political reform, while Enfantin, who favoured teaching and preaching, dedicated his time to social and moral change. The antagonism was widened by Enfantin's announcement of his theory of the relation of man and woman, which would substitute for the "tyranny of 582: 596: 402:, the Egyptian Viceroy, was at odds with the Ottoman Sultan in Constantinople, and also practiced public-private contracts known as concessions with mostly European companies to build cheap infrastructure. Ali did not agree to a project linking the two seas because he did not want to cut out the duties he collected from overland trade in Egypt, but did allow Enfantin's group to work on the 303:
Bazard and his disciples broke with Enfantin's group. The latter became sole "father", leading a chiefly religiously-oriented movement, joined by new converts (according to Enfantin's estimate, the total number of followers would have reached 40,000). He wore on his breast a badge with his title of
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Father Enfantin held fast by his ideal to the end, but he had renounced the hope of giving it a local habitation and a name in the degenerate obstinate world. His personal influence over those who associated with him was immense. "He was a man of a noble presence, with finely formed and expressive
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The Société sent surveying teams to Egypt, developed engineering plans, determined that the elevation difference between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea was negligible, but Muhammad Ali was still reticent to the idea of a canal. Upon his death in 1848, the activities of the Société were
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took up the initiative to build a canal. Lessups had corresponded at least once with the Société in the intervening years and had known the new Egyptian viceroy,
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Not a few of his disciples ranked afterwards amongst the most distinguished men of France. Enfantin died suddenly in Paris on September 1, 1864.
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and obtain legal rights. This was considered radical for the time. In May 1832 the halls of the new sect were closed by the government, and the
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of 1830 Enfantin resigned his office of cashier, and devoted all his energy to the cause. Besides contributing to
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The headquarters in Paris were moved from the modest rooms in the Rue Taranne to the large halls near the
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features. He was gentle and insinuating in manner, and possessed a calm, graceful and winning delivery" (
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Jan. 1865). His evident sincerity, his genuine enthusiasm, gave him his marvellous ascendancy. The
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In 1825 a new turn was given to his thoughts and his life by the friendship which he formed with
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was established by Enfantin in 1846 to continue study of the Suez Canal. Its members included
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Then, accompanied by twenty of his followers, many of whom were also engineers from the
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This prosecution discredited the new society. Enfantin was released in a few months.
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which had engaged in the invasion of Paris. In consequence of this outbreak of
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L'École Saint-Simonienne, son histoire, son influence, jusqu' à nos jours
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Initially, he began working for a country wine merchant, travelling to
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On his return to France, he occupied minor offices. He became first a
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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International Commission for the piercing of the isthmus of Suez
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in a consummation of progression - build a canal connecting the
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Meanwhile, the new religion gathered believers in all parts of
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In 1845 he was appointed a director of the Paris & Lyons
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minimized until his successor was assassinated in 1854 and
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Dredging machine design and implementation (1863-1869)
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After receiving his early education at a 1040:Louis Maurice Adolphe Linant de Bellefonds 955: 941: 922:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( 765:. 2nd ed., London: Oxford University Press 40: 550:La Vie eternelle passee, presente, future 319: 258: 1223:French expatriates in the Ottoman Empire 1218:French expatriates in the Russian Empire 888: 855: 840: 806: 775: 748: 717: 685: 654: 642: 425: 378:Enfantin and his group then arrived in 14: 1150: 996: 936: 907: 375:told them to leave to avoid prison. 421: 354: 24: 499:Emperor Ferdinand Northern Railway 493:and Edward Starbuck, the Austrian 25: 1234: 1208:Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery 1021:Société d'Études du Canal de Suez 523: 479:Société d'Études du Canal de Suez 468:Société d'Études du Canal de Suez 336:and for the ability for women to 214:United Kingdom of the Netherlands 121:, Socio-Economic Movement Founder 997:Enfantin and the Saint-Simonians 964:Suez Canal Engineers (1798–1869) 876: 594: 580: 153:. He was also a proponent of a 1138:Jetty construction (1863-1869) 1126:Paul Borel, Alexandre Lavalley 800: 769: 754: 710: 679: 648: 546:Corresp. philos. et religieuse 13: 1: 972:Napoleon's Survey (1798–1801) 849: 177:, he was sent in 1813 to the 160: 894:Enfantin, Barthélemy Prosper 813:. Alfred A. Knopf. pp.  782:. Alfred A. Knopf. pp.  724:. Alfred A. Knopf. pp.  615: 247:, who introduced him to the 7: 1035:Barthélemy-Prosper Enfantin 1006:Barthélemy-Prosper Enfantin 692:. Alfred A. Knopf. p.  661:. Alfred A. Knopf. p.  573: 143:Barthélemy-Prosper Enfantin 34:Barthélemy-Prosper Enfantin 10: 1239: 1188:French socialist feminists 1122:Chief Engineer (1861-1869) 1116:Chief Engineer (1859-1861) 860:. Horizon Caravel series. 807:Karabell, Zachary (2003). 776:Karabell, Zachary (2003). 761:Wilson, Arnold T. (1939). 718:Karabell, Zachary (2003). 686:Karabell, Zachary (2003). 655:Karabell, Zachary (2003). 1106: 1063: 1019: 995: 988: 970: 904:This work in turn cites: 398:. 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Enfantin

Paris
Paris
Second French Empire
École Polytechnique
Explorer
Engineer
Suez Canal
Saint-Simonism
social reformer
Saint-Simonianism
Suez Canal
Paris
Dauphiné
lyceum
École polytechnique
Montmartre
Saint-Chaumont
Sixth Coalition
patriotic
Louis XVIII
Germany
Russia
United Kingdom of the Netherlands
Saint Petersburg
cashier
Caisse Hypothécaire
secret society
Carbonari

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