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Men Quotes by Thomas Malthus
- The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man.
- A writer may tell me that he thinks man will ultimately become an ostrich. I cannot properly contradict him.
- The main peculiarity which distinguishes man from other animals is the means of his support-the power which he possesses of very greatly increasing these means.
- The power of population is so superior to the power of the earth to produce subsistence for man, that premature death must in some shape…
- The exertions that men find it necessary to make, in order to support themselves or families, frequently awaken faculties that might otherwise have lain for…
- It does not, however, seem impossible that by an attention to breed, a certain degree of improvement, similar to that among animals, might take place…
- I do not know that any writer has supposed that on this earth man will ultimately be able to live without food.
- The great and unlooked for discoveries that have taken place of late years have all concurred to lead many men into the opinion that we…
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