[69] When the van-guard of the Icarian expedition left Havre, I
questioned some of these visionaries with a view to discover their
real thoughts. ‹Competence easily obtained›, such was their hope and
their motive. One of them said to me, “I am going, and my brother
follows with the second expedition. He has eight children, and you
see what a great thing it will be for him to have no longer to
educate and maintain them.” “I see it at once,” I replied, “but
that heavy charge must fall on some other body.” To rid oneself of
a burden and transfer it to the shoulders of another, such was the
sense in which these unfortunate people understood the apophthegm of
Fraternity—‹all for each›.
[70] See the pamphlet ‹Spoliation et Loi›, p. 22 ‹et seq.›—«Editor.»