French diplomat who supervised the construction of the Suez Canal (1805-1894)
1On such terms the concession was given to De Lesseps in 1856.
2M. Lesseps was there that evening, and we returned to Paris together.
3You have not yet seen the statue of Ferdinand de Lesseps?
4Now appears in Rome M. Ferdinand Lesseps, Envoy, &c. of the French government.
5De Lesseps was the charismatic entrepreneur who'd built the Suez Canal a decade earlier.
6In his answer, Lesseps appears moved by this statement, and particularly expresses himself thus:-
7Whether Lesseps was consciously the servant of all these base intrigues, time will show.
8Nothing, however, could daunt the intrepid promoter, M. de Lesseps.
9M. Chevreul, M. De Lesseps, Gladstone, and Bismarck are evidences of this anthropologic fact.
10Then De Lesseps went forth to get the money.
11He talked a great deal about the project, which Lesseps took up many years afterwards.
12Look at M. Lesseps and his wonderful Suez Canal.
13More honest than his employers, Lesseps sought with heart and soul to fulfil his task.
14Ferdinand de Lesseps has known the intoxication of triumph and the bitterness of disappointment-Suezand Panama.
15In the end, however, M. de Lesseps won.
16The French government sustains Oudinot and disclaims Lesseps.