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“It is an acknowledged truth in philosophy that a just theory will always be confirmed by experiment.”

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On the whole it may be observed, that the specific use of a body of unproductive consumers, is to give encouragement to wealth by…

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The germs of existence contained in this spot of earth, with ample food, and ample room to expand in, would fill millions of worlds…

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The proposition of Mr. Ricardo, which states that a rise in the price of labour lowers the price of a large class of commodities,…

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A great emigration necessarily implies unhappiness of some kind or other in the country that is deserted.

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If I saw a glass of wine repeatedly presented to a man, and he took no notice of it, I should be apt to…

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The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man.

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[P]opulation, when unchecked, goes on doubling itself every twenty-five years, or increases in a geometrical ratio. ... [T]he means of subsistence, under circumstances the…

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It is not the most pleasant employment to spend eight hours a day in a counting house.

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A writer may tell me that he thinks man will ultimately become an ostrich. I cannot properly contradict him.

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The doctrine of population has been conspicuously absent, not because I doubt in the least its truth and vast importance, but because it forms…

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