A Reply to the Essay on Population: By the Rev. T. R. Malthus. In a Series of Letters ...Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807 - 378 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 27
... proportion according to the exigen- " cies of the state ; and pointing out the parti- " cular victims by lot , or according to some es- " tablished rule ? Or , must they shorten the " period of human life by a law , and condemn " all to ...
... proportion according to the exigen- " cies of the state ; and pointing out the parti- " cular victims by lot , or according to some es- " tablished rule ? Or , must they shorten the " period of human life by a law , and condemn " all to ...
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... proportion , to sup- 46 pose that such a perfect government should be “ established in such circumstances , than that by permitting vice , or the abuse of liberty in db 44 the wisdom of providence , mankind should " never be able to ...
... proportion , to sup- 46 pose that such a perfect government should be “ established in such circumstances , than that by permitting vice , or the abuse of liberty in db 44 the wisdom of providence , mankind should " never be able to ...
Σελίδα 35
... proportion to the population itself , for there would be nothing more necessary in order to the earth's main- taining its inhabitants , than that there should be inhabitants enough to till it . In this case , the cultivation of the ...
... proportion to the population itself , for there would be nothing more necessary in order to the earth's main- taining its inhabitants , than that there should be inhabitants enough to till it . In this case , the cultivation of the ...
Σελίδα 37
... proportion to the greater extent of surface occupied , which may be en- larged as fast as there are numbers to occupy it , I have been thus particular , because mathema- tical terms carry with them an imposing air of accuracy and ...
... proportion to the greater extent of surface occupied , which may be en- larged as fast as there are numbers to occupy it , I have been thus particular , because mathema- tical terms carry with them an imposing air of accuracy and ...
Σελίδα 39
... proportion to the increase of population ; and that , there- fore , there is nothing so necessary as to keep population down at all events . This is the im- perious dictate of nature , the grinding law of necessity , the end and the ...
... proportion to the increase of population ; and that , there- fore , there is nothing so necessary as to keep population down at all events . This is the im- perious dictate of nature , the grinding law of necessity , the end and the ...
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Σελίδα 285 - A man who is born into a world already possessed, if he cannot get subsistence from his parents on whom he has a just demand, and if the society do not want his labour, has no claim of right to the smallest portion of food, and, in fact, has no business to be where he is. At nature's mighty feast there is no vacant cover for him. She tells him to be gone, and will quickly execute her own orders, if he do not work upon the compassion of some of her guests.
Σελίδα 222 - I knew a very wise man so much of Sir Christopher's sentiment, that he believed if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation.
Σελίδα 122 - I think I may fairly make two postulata. First, That food is necessary to the existence of man. Secondly, That the passion between the sexes is necessary, and will remain nearly in its present state.
Σελίδα 82 - In the next period, the population would be eighty-eight millions, and the means of subsistence just equal to the support of half that number. And at the conclusion of the first century, the population would be...
Σελίδα 145 - They are alike hostile to intellectual improvement. The other vices of envy, malice, and revenge are their inseparable companions. In a state of society where men lived in the midst of plenty and where all shared alike the...
Σελίδα 83 - ... the human species would increase as the numbers 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, and subsistence as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. In two centuries the population would be to the means of subsistence as 256 to 9; in three centuries as 4096 to 13, and in two thousand years the difference would be almost incalculable.
Σελίδα 290 - who is born into a world already possessed, if he cannot get subsistence from his parents, on whom he has a just demand, and if the society does not want his labour, has no claim of right to the smallest portion of food, and, in fact, has no business to be where he is.
Σελίδα 58 - ... swarmed and were straitened ; till, the signal given, behold a wonder ! they but now who seemed in bigness to surpass earth's giant sons, now less than smallest dwarfs in narrow room throng numberless, like that pygmean race...
Σελίδα 356 - I should propose a regulation to be made, declaring that no child born from any marriage taking place after the expiration of a year from the date of the law, and no illegitimate child born two years from the same date, should ever be entitled to parish assistance.
Σελίδα 291 - The report of a provision for all that come fills the hall with numerous claimants. The order and harmony of the feast is disturbed, the plenty that before reigned is changed into scarcity; and the happiness of the guests is destroyed by the spectacle of misery and dependence in every...