That body was then occupied chiefly with the marriage
system, and the subject gave rise to the most extraor-
dinary excitement. Scarcely a year had elapsed since
Bazard-Enfantin had issued a declaration in reply to -
an accusation made by M. Dupin in the Ghambre des
Deputes. M. Dupin had charged the Saint- Simonians
with advocating community of property and j)romis- "^
cuousjntfirQpurse. They had explicitly denied both of
these charges ; as regards the latter, they explained the
exact position they maintained with reference to women.
^^ They demand that one man be united to one woman,
but they teach that the wife should become the equal
of her husband, and be associated with him in the
exercise of the triple function of the temple, the State,
and the family ; so that the ^ social individual,' which
has hitherto been the mem alone, may henceforward
be composed of man and woman. The Saint- Simonian

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