I hope that the self-love of the writer will not be offended, if, in the presence of the masses, I ignore an individual.
You say, proletaires of the "Peuple," "For the very reason that men and things exist, there always will be men who will possess things; nothing, therefore, can destroy property." In speaking thus, you unconsciously argue exactly after the manner of M.Cousin, who always reasons from _possession_ to PROPERTY.

This coincidence, however, does not surprise me.

M.Cousin is a philosopher of much mind, and you, proletaires, have still more.

Certainly it is honorable, even for a philosopher, to be your companion in error.
Originally, the word PROPERTY was synonymous with PROPER or INDIVIDUAL POSSESSION.

It designated each individual's special right to the use of a thing.