[Footnote 3316: Cf. "Catéchisme Universel," by Saint-Lambert, and the "Loi naturelle ou Catéchisme du citoyen français," by Volney.]
[Footnote 3317: "Supplément au voyage de Bougainville."]
[Footnote 3318: Cf. "Mémoires de Mm. D'Epinay," a conversation with Duclos and Saint-Lambert at the house of Mlle. Quinault.--Rousseau's "Confessions," part I, book V. These are the same principles taught by M. de la Tavel to Mme. De Warens.]
[Footnote 3319: "Suite du rêve de d'Alembert." "Entretien entre Mlls. de Lespinasse et Bordeu."--"Mémoires de Diderot," a letter to Mlle. Volant, III. 66.]
[Footnote 3320: Cf. his admirable tales, "Entretiens d'un père avec ses enfants," and "Le neveu de Rameau."]
[Footnote 3321: Volney, ibid. "The natural law. . . consists wholly of events whose repetition may be observed through the senses and which create a science as precise and accurate as geometry and mathematics."]
[Footnote 3322: Helvétius, "De l'Esprit." passim.]
[Footnote 3323: Volney, ibid. Chap. III. Saint-Lambert, ibid. The first dialogue.]
[Footnote 3324: D'Holbach, "Systeme de la Nature," II. 408 493.]
[Footnote 3325: D'Holbach, "Système de la nature," I. 347.]
[Footnote 3326: Diderot, "Supplément au voyage de Bougainville."]
[Footnote 3327: Diderot, "Les Eleuthéromanes."
Et ses mains, ourdissant les entrailles du prêtre, En feraient un cordon pour le dernier des rois.
Brissot: "Necessity being the sole title to property the result is that when a want is satisfied man is no longer a property owner. . . . Two prime necessities are due to the animal constitution, food and waste . . . . May men nourish themselves on their fallen creatures? (Yes for) all beings may justly nourish themselves on any material calculated to supply their wants. . . Man of nature, fulfill your desire, give heed to your cravings, your sole masters and your only guide. Do you feel your veins throbbing with inward fires at the sight of a charming creature? She is yours, your caresses are innocent and your kisses pure. Love alone entitles to enjoyment as hunger is the warrant for property." (An essay published in 1780, and reprinted in 1782 in the "Bibliothèque du Législateur," quoted by Roux and Buchez "Histoire parlementaire," XIII, 431.]