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==History==
 
==History==
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The Fabian Society derives its name from [[Fabius Maximus]], a [[Roman]] general known for his delaying tactics.  This was at the suggestion of Frank Podmore.<ref name="Pease" />
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The Fabian Society is generally regarded as a derivative of a group "Fellowship of the New Life"<ref name="McBriar" />, though there is some disagreement about this.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Britain|first1=Ian|title=Fabianism and Culture: A Study in British Socialism and the Arts C1884-1918|date=2005|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]}}</ref>  The Society derives its name from [[Fabius Maximus]], a [[Roman]] general known for his delaying tactics.  This was at the suggestion of Frank Podmore.<ref name="Pease" /><ref>Podmore wrote: "For the right moment you must wait, as Fabius did most patiently, when warring against Hannibal, though many censured his delays; but when the time comes you must strike hard, as Fabius did, or your waiting will be in vain, and fruitless"</ref>
    
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