Enfantin

Père Enfantin, or Chatel, or Lacordaire; but the words are curious, we think, for the very reason that the satire is so poor.

The Paris Sketch Book 2006

De Lesseps may also have provided Enfantin with financial assistance.

The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005

He was in touch again with Prosper Enfantin, for whom the Egyptian dream still burned.

The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005

Prosper Enfantin had taken up the banner after the death of the Master, calling himself Le Pere, “one half of the Couple of Revelation.”

The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005

Enfantin generously supplied studies and papers from his files in the belief that he and de Lesseps could join forces.

The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005

Enfantin, a big, bearded man, had the words “Le Pere” embroidered across the front of his blouse.

The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005

Prosper Enfantin had taken up the banner after the death of the Master, calling himself Le Pere, “one half of the Couple of Revelation.”

The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005

“Do not forget that to accomplish great things you must have enthusiasm,” Enfantin had said, repeating the deathbed exhortation of the Master.

The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005

At any rate, Enfantin and his engineers went into the Suez desert.

The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005

Enfantin had judged Suez to be an easier undertaking than Panama.

The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005