The Principles of Population and Production as They are Affected by the Progress of Society: With a View to Moral and Politicial ConsequencesBaldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1816 - 493 Seiten |
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... probably be admitted that , in an argument which I believe to be so entirely my own as that which I have ventured to hold in following out the principles of the ensuing treatise , these pre- cautions are not illegitimate ; but it is ...
... probably be admitted that , in an argument which I believe to be so entirely my own as that which I have ventured to hold in following out the principles of the ensuing treatise , these pre- cautions are not illegitimate ; but it is ...
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... probably true . The second will be probable only on a supposition that the first should in the event prove true ; that is , it is only a probability of a probability : and the third conclu- sion will be probable only on a supposition ...
... probably true . The second will be probable only on a supposition that the first should in the event prove true ; that is , it is only a probability of a probability : and the third conclu- sion will be probable only on a supposition ...
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... probably be admitted to be the most competent legislator in a case which con- cerns the whole world , and who , contemplating the natural man as a being compounded of mind and body , has been very far ( as contended by Mr. Mal- thus ) ...
... probably be admitted to be the most competent legislator in a case which con- cerns the whole world , and who , contemplating the natural man as a being compounded of mind and body , has been very far ( as contended by Mr. Mal- thus ) ...
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... probably counteract our common object , the happiness and wel- fare of mankind , by the very means we adopt to pro- mote it . Moreover , if we reflect upon the extreme importance of the subject , that it involves nothing less than the ...
... probably counteract our common object , the happiness and wel- fare of mankind , by the very means we adopt to pro- mote it . Moreover , if we reflect upon the extreme importance of the subject , that it involves nothing less than the ...
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... probably ra- ther diminishing than increasing in numbers presses against a scanty supply of food derived from a soil whose productive powers are capable , with a very slight exertion of industry , to maintain a rapidly in- creasing ...
... probably ra- ther diminishing than increasing in numbers presses against a scanty supply of food derived from a soil whose productive powers are capable , with a very slight exertion of industry , to maintain a rapidly in- creasing ...
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Seite 405 - It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Seite 454 - In the Name of the Most Holy and Indivisible Trinity Their Majesties, the emperor of Austria, the king of Prussia, and the emperor of Russia...
Seite 463 - Therefore, since custom is the principal magistrate of man's life, let men by all means endeavour to obtain good customs. Certainly custom is most perfect when it beginneth in young years : this we call education, which is in effect but an early custom.
Seite 408 - And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Seite 13 - In two centuries the population would be to the means of subsistence as 256 to 9; in three centuries as 4,096 to 13, and in two thousand years the difference would be almost incalculable.
Seite 34 - were made for labour; one of them can carry, or haul, as much as two men can do. They also pitch our tents, make and mend our clothing, keep us warm at night; and, in fact, there is no such thing as travelling any considerable distance, or for any length of time, in this country, without their assistance.
Seite 12 - In the first twenty-five years the population would be twenty-two millions, and the food being also doubled, the means of subsistence would be equal to this increase. In the next twenty-five years, the population would be forty-four millions, and the means of subsistence only equal to the support of thirty-three millions. 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.
Seite 5 - ... poor, of the great body of the people, seems to be the happiest and the most comfortable. It is hard in the stationary, and miserable in the declining state. The progressive state is in reality the cheerful and the hearty state to all the different orders of the society. The stationary is dull; the declining melancholy.
Seite 392 - Collections relative to Systematic Relief of the Poor at different Periods, and in different Countries, with Observations on Charity, its proper Objects and Conduct, and its Influence on the Welfare of Nations. 8vo.
Seite 456 - All the Powers who shall choose solemnly to avow the sacred principles which have dictated the present Act, and shall acknowledge how important it is for the happiness of nations, too long agitated, that these truths should henceforth exercise over the destinies of mankind all the influence which belongs to them, will be received with equal ardour and affection into this Holy Alliance.