When Hume and Adam Smith prophesied that a little increase of national debt beyond the then amount of it, would probably occasion… — Thomas Malthus Able Copy Share Image
“The view which he has given of human life has a melancholy hue, but he feels conscious that he has drawn these… — Thomas Malthus Human life Copy Share Image
The science of political economy is essentially practical, and applicable to the common business of human life. There are few branches of… — Thomas Malthus Branches Copy Share Image
In prosperous times the mercantile classes often realize fortunes, which go far towards securing them against the future; but unfortunately the working… — Thomas Malthus Adversity Copy Share Image
The transfer of three shillings and sixpence a day to every labourer would not increase the quantity of meat in the country.… — Thomas Malthus Consequence Copy Share Image
The first business of philosophy is to account for things as they are; and till our theories will do this, they ought… — Thomas Malthus Accounts Copy Share Image
With regard to the duration of human life, there does not appear to have existed from the earliest ages of the world… — Thomas Malthus Age Copy Share Image
In a state therefore of great equality and virtue, where pure and simple manners prevailed, the increase of the human species would… — Thomas Malthus Character Copy Share Image
Every endeavor should be used to weaken and destroy all those institutions relating to corporations, apprenticeships, &c, which cause the labours of… — Thomas Malthus Agriculture Copy Share Image
