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\ˈɛdwɑːɹəd də pˈɒmpəɹi], \ˈɛdwɑːɹəd də pˈɒmpəɹi], \ˈɛ_d_w_ɑː_ɹ_ə_d d_ə p_ˈɒ_m_p_ə_ɹ_i]\
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A French miscellaneous writer; born at Couvrelles in Aisne, 1812. He was a socialist democrat, and nearly all his writings deal with social questions. He wrote: "The Doctor from Timbuktu" (1837); "Despotism or Socialism" (1849); "Woman in Human Society: Her Nature, her Role, her Social Value" (1864); "Essay on the True Voltaire" (1873).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.