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 pages |
À l'intérieur du livre
Résultats 11-15 sur 75
Page 65
... whole sys- " tem of equality , did not seem to be aware " that any difficulty would occur from this " cause , till the whole earth had been cultivated " like a garden , and was incapable of any further " increase of produce . Were this ...
... whole sys- " tem of equality , did not seem to be aware " that any difficulty would occur from this " cause , till the whole earth had been cultivated " like a garden , and was incapable of any further " increase of produce . Were this ...
Page 66
... whole earth was become " like a garden , the distress for want of food " would be constantly pressing on all mankind , if " they were equal . Though the produce of " the earth might be increasing every year , popu- " lation would be ...
... whole earth was become " like a garden , the distress for want of food " would be constantly pressing on all mankind , if " they were equal . Though the produce of " the earth might be increasing every year , popu- " lation would be ...
Page 67
... whole earth was become like a garden , would this in the smallest degree detract from the benefit ? Would nothing indeed be gained by • the earth's being cultivated like a garden , that is , by its producing ten times the quantity of ...
... whole earth was become like a garden , would this in the smallest degree detract from the benefit ? Would nothing indeed be gained by • the earth's being cultivated like a garden , that is , by its producing ten times the quantity of ...
Page 68
... whole con- tinent of Europe were sunk in the sea , as if hu- man life was merely to be considered as a sample of what the thing is , and as if when we have a sample of a certain quality , all the rest might be very well spared , as of ...
... whole con- tinent of Europe were sunk in the sea , as if hu- man life was merely to be considered as a sample of what the thing is , and as if when we have a sample of a certain quality , all the rest might be very well spared , as of ...
Page 74
... whole , then , it appears , that at no one period during the progress of cultivation from the present moment to the time when it should have reached its ut . most limits , would the distress for want of food be greater than it is at ...
... whole , then , it appears , that at no one period during the progress of cultivation from the present moment to the time when it should have reached its ut . most limits , would the distress for want of food be greater than it is at ...
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
A Reply to the Essay on Population: By the Rev. T. R. Malthus. In a Series ... William Hazlitt Affichage du livre entier - 1807 |
A Reply to the Essay on Population: By the Rev. T. R. Malthus. In a Series ... William Hazlitt Affichage du livre entier - 1807 |
A Reply to the Essay on Population: By the Rev. T. R. Malthus. In a Series ... William Hazlitt Affichage du livre entier - 1807 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
८८ able actual answer argument Aristotle arithmetical series better cause checks ciple circumstances common consequences cultivation degree distress earth effect equal Essay Euthanasia evils of population exertions existence famine feelings give Godwin greater number happiness human institutions idle improvement increase of population indolence industry Italy keep kingdom of Naples lation laws of nature liberty live luxury Malthus Malthus's mankind manners marriage means of subsistence ment mind moral restraint necessary necessity neral never object opinion parish passions perfect Persia persons philosophy political poor laws popu poverty present price of labour principle of population progress proportion provisions pulation quantity of food question racter ratio readers reason respect rich rience seems shew shillings society starve sufficient suppose surplus produce tence tendency to excess thing tion treme vice and misery virtue whole
Fréquemment cités
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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...