Toullier and Duranton." The doctrine of M.Troplong promises, then, strong points, advanced and progressive ideas.

Let us see; let us examine:-- "Man, placed in the presence of matter, is conscious of a power over it, which has been given to him to satisfy the needs of his being.

King of inanimate or unintelligent nature, he feels that he has a right to modify it, govern it, and fit it for his use.

There it is, the subject of property, which is legitimate only when exercised over things, never when over persons." M.Troplong is so little of a philosopher, that he does not even know the import of the philosophical terms which he makes a show of using.

He says of matter that it is the SUBJECT of property; he should have said the OBJECT.