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Blanc

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Blanc1
(Jean Joseph Charles) Louis . 1811--82, French socialist and historian: author of L'Organisation du travail (1840), in which he advocated the establishment of cooperative workshops subsidized by the state
Blanc2
1. Mont. See Mont Blanc
2. Cape. a headland in N Tunisia: the northernmost point of Africa
3. Cape. Also called: Cape Blanco . a peninsula in Mauritania, on the Atlantic coast


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During this short voyage I saw the lightning playing on the summit of Mont Blanc in the most beautiful figures.
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One magnificent evening, the 30th July (that is to say, three weeks after our departure), the frigate was abreast of Cape Blanc, thirty miles to leeward of the coast of Patagonia.
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There is Napoleon; who, upon the top of the column of Vendome, stands with arms folded, some one hundred and fifty feet in the air; careless, now, who rules the decks below; whether Louis Philippe, Louis Blanc, or Louis the Devil.
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