The clauses of this contract . . . properly understood, may be reduced to one the total alienation of each associate, together with all his rights, to the whole community; for, in the first place, as each gives himself absolutely, the conditions are first place, as each gives himself absolutely, the conditions are the same for all; and, being so, no one has any interest in making them burdensome to others. Moreover, the alienation being without reserve, the union is as perfect as it can be , and no associate has anything more to