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follies ofM€milmontant, the bizarre costumes and the ridiculous names had killed
it." G. Pinet, Histoire de I 'Ecole poly technique. pp. 204-205. [VIDa.3]
The idea for the Suez Canal goes back to Enfantin, who had sought a concession
from the viceroy of Egypt Muhammad Ali and wanted to move there with forty
pupils. England made sure that the concession was denied him. [UlOa,4]
"Saint-Simon attempted to found an association to take advantage of the easy
terms mandated by the decree ... of November 2, 1789, which made it possible
to acquire national lands at a price that was payable in twelve annual installments
by means of assignats. These terms allowed for the acquisition, with modest
capital, of a considerable spread of rural properties . ... 'Every financial speculation
is based upon an investment of industry and an investment of funds. The
returns on a financial speculation should be divided in such a way that industry
and capital have shares proportionate to the influence they exercised. In the
speculation I entered on with M. de Redern, capital played only a secondary
role:" The author cites a letter from Saint-Simon to Boissy-d'Anglas, dated November
2, 1807; it contains indications as to ltis theory of the relations between
capital, labor, and talent. Maxime Leroy, Les Speculationsfoncieres de Saint-Simon
et ses querelles d'ajfoires avec son associe, Ie cmnte de Redern (paris