An Examination of Opinions Maintained in the "Essay on the Principles of Population,", Volumen2J. M. Richardson, 1827 |
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... Malthus's Preface , and to make a few remarks on some of the assertions and state- ments which it contains . Preface , page iv . - Certain considerations " determined me to turn my leisure reading to- wards an historical examination of ...
... Malthus's Preface , and to make a few remarks on some of the assertions and state- ments which it contains . Preface , page iv . - Certain considerations " determined me to turn my leisure reading to- wards an historical examination of ...
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... Malthus at once assumes , that they had actual- ly witnessed the poverty and misery arising from a too rapid increase of population , " and that it is its principle necessarily to produce such rapid increase , independently of circum ...
... Malthus at once assumes , that they had actual- ly witnessed the poverty and misery arising from a too rapid increase of population , " and that it is its principle necessarily to produce such rapid increase , independently of circum ...
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... Malthus's prophecy , that " the appearances in all human societies , particularly in all those which are the farthest advanced in civilization and improvement , will ever be such as to in- spire superficial observers with a belief ...
... Malthus's prophecy , that " the appearances in all human societies , particularly in all those which are the farthest advanced in civilization and improvement , will ever be such as to in- spire superficial observers with a belief ...
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... Malthus's work are , like the preceding , founded on the false assumptions which we have had such frequent cause to expose , viz . , that all the assertions em- bodied in the title - page and introduction in particular , and throughout ...
... Malthus's work are , like the preceding , founded on the false assumptions which we have had such frequent cause to expose , viz . , that all the assertions em- bodied in the title - page and introduction in particular , and throughout ...
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... Malthus may chuse to assert , could be landed in New Guinea , without experiencing any hostility of im- portance . That delightful island might soon be converted into a terrestrial paradise ; so , also , might the other islands of the ...
... Malthus may chuse to assert , could be landed in New Guinea , without experiencing any hostility of im- portance . That delightful island might soon be converted into a terrestrial paradise ; so , also , might the other islands of the ...
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Página 47 - The land shall not be sold for ever; for the land is mine, for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
Página 35 - Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him : because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.
Página 36 - For the poor shall never cease out of the land : therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
Página 348 - Holland in proportion to its natural powers is not so populous as China, is the want of those human institutions which protect property and encourage industry; but the misery and vice which prevail almost equally in both countries from the tendency of population to increase faster than the means of subsistence, form a distinct consideration and arise from a distinct cause.
Página 210 - But if any provide not for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
Página 61 - For who maketh thee to differ from another ? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
Página 243 - ... that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy ; that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate, laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
Página 132 - There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
Página 132 - The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous. 20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
Página 40 - Of the two decisive arguments against such systems, one is, the unsuitableness of a state of equality, both according to experience and theory, to the production of those stimulants to exertion which can alone overcome the natural indolence of man, and prompt him to the proper cultivation of the earth and the fabrication of those conveniences and comforts which are necessary to his happiness.