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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... established are too much open to controversy permanently to command the assent of the human mind . System after system has been adopted with eager hope , and rejected in its turn with utter despair , in favour of another which has ...
... established are too much open to controversy permanently to command the assent of the human mind . System after system has been adopted with eager hope , and rejected in its turn with utter despair , in favour of another which has ...
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... establishing any certain standard of reference , by which the dis- pute can be settled so as to lead to a safe result in practice ; so , by tracing the propositions up to their legitimate standard in morals , we at once obtain the ...
... establishing any certain standard of reference , by which the dis- pute can be settled so as to lead to a safe result in practice ; so , by tracing the propositions up to their legitimate standard in morals , we at once obtain the ...
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... establishing practical rules of political and moral conduct upon general and incontrovertible principles ; and here I must be permitted to think that they outstep the bounds of the legitimate influence of their science , and , by ...
... establishing practical rules of political and moral conduct upon general and incontrovertible principles ; and here I must be permitted to think that they outstep the bounds of the legitimate influence of their science , and , by ...
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... established argu- ment is a solid addition to our knowledge , and serves as a stepping - stone to further acquisitions . every man at all in the habit of reflecting upon moral evidence , is aware that moral and political truths rest ...
... established argu- ment is a solid addition to our knowledge , and serves as a stepping - stone to further acquisitions . every man at all in the habit of reflecting upon moral evidence , is aware that moral and political truths rest ...
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... all inquiries determinable by mere moral evidence . Hence the impossibility , on any authority less than that of revelation , of establishing general principles in those inquiries ; and also the notorious fact , xxii PREFACE .
... all inquiries determinable by mere moral evidence . Hence the impossibility , on any authority less than that of revelation , of establishing general principles in those inquiries ; and also the notorious fact , xxii PREFACE .
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Seite 391 - 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 8 - The positive checks to population are extremely various, and include every cause, whether arising from vice or misery, which in any degree contributes to shorten the natural duration of human life.
Seite 440 - 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 449 - 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 393 - I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
Seite 394 - And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Seite 7 - 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 28 - 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 6 - 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 376 - 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.