Excerpt from Littell's Living Age, Vol. 18: July, August, September, 1848 Paragraphs so pungent as the above, with the conclusion appended to them, that society was in a state of utter confusion and required reorganization, naturally gave offence in high quarters; and a prosecution was instituted against the author, which, however, terminated in an acquittal. The peculiar value of a pamphlet so slight as the Parabole, as connected with the history of saint-simon is, that in it he first asserted in language level to the pop ular apprehension, the superiority of the industrial classes in society, and his idea that their interests should be the peculiar care of the political system. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.