I have divided [the different sections of mankind] into three classes. The first, to which you and I have the honour to belong, marches under the ban… - Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon

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I have divided [the different sections of mankind] into three classes. The first, to which you and I have the honour to belong, marches under the banner of the progress of the human mind. It is composed of scientists, artists and all those who hold liberal ideas. On the banner of the second is written 'No innovation!' All proprietors who do not belong in the first category are part of the second. The third class, which rallies round the slogan of 'Equality' is made up of the rest of the people.