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Thomas Malthus Quote: “The germs of existence contained in this spot of earth, with ample food, and ample room to expand in, would fill millions of worlds in the course of a few thousand years.”

51. “The germs of existence contained in this spot of earth, with ample food, and ample room to expand in, would fill millions of worlds in the course of a few thousand years.”

— Thomas Malthus

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

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

— Thomas Malthus

Thomas Malthus Quote: “The moon is not kept in her orbit round the earth, nor the earth in her orbit round the sun, by a force that varies merely in the inverse ratio of the squares of the distances.”

53. “The moon is not kept in her orbit round the earth, nor the earth in her orbit round the sun, by a force that varies merely in the inverse ratio of the squares of the distances.”

— Thomas Malthus

Thomas Malthus Quote: “The first business of philosophy is to account for things as they are; and till our theories will do this, they ought not to be the ground of any practical conclusion.”

54. “The first business of philosophy is to account for things as they are; and till our theories will do this, they ought not to be the ground of any practical conclusion.”

— Thomas Malthus

Thomas Malthus Quote: “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 were touching on a period big with the most important changes.”

55. “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 were touching on a period big with the most important changes.”

— Thomas Malthus

Thomas Malthus Quote: “If I saw a glass of wine repeatedly presented to a man, and he took no notice of it, I should be apt to think that he was blind or uncivil. A juster philosophy might teach me rather to think that my eyes deceived me, and that the offer was not really what I conceived it to be.”

56. “If I saw a glass of wine repeatedly presented to a man, and he took no notice of it, I should be apt to think that he was blind or uncivil. A juster philosophy might teach me rather to think that my eyes deceived me, and that the offer was not really what I conceived it to be.”

— Thomas Malthus

Thomas Malthus Quote: “No limits whatever are placed to the productions of the earth; they may increase forever.”

57. “No limits whatever are placed to the productions of the earth; they may increase forever.”

— Thomas Malthus

Thomas Malthus Quote: “The friend of the present order of things condemns all political speculations in the gross.”

58. “The friend of the present order of things condemns all political speculations in the gross.”

— Thomas Malthus

Thomas Malthus Quote: “The immediate cause of the increase of population is the excess of the births above deaths; and the rate of increase, or the period of doubling, depends upon the proportion which the excess of the births above the deaths bears to the population.”

59. “The immediate cause of the increase of population is the excess of the births above deaths; and the rate of increase, or the period of doubling, depends upon the proportion which the excess of the births above the deaths bears to the population.”

— Thomas Malthus

Thomas Malthus Quote: “In general it may be said that demand is quite as necessary to the increase of capital as the increase of capital is to demand.”

60. “In general it may be said that demand is quite as necessary to the increase of capital as the increase of capital is to demand.”

— Thomas Malthus

Thomas Malthus Quote: “With regard to the duration of human life, there does not appear to have existed from the earliest ages of the world to the present moment the smallest permanent symptom or indication of increasing prolongation.”

61. “With regard to the duration of human life, there does not appear to have existed from the earliest ages of the world to the present moment the smallest permanent symptom or indication of increasing prolongation.”

— Thomas Malthus

Thomas Malthus Quote: “I do not know that any writer has supposed that on this earth man will ultimately be able to live without food.”

62. “I do not know that any writer has supposed that on this earth man will ultimately be able to live without food.”

— Thomas Malthus

Thomas Malthus Quote: “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.”

63. “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.”

— Thomas Malthus

Thomas Malthus Quote: “It is also very important to observe, that menial servants are absolutely necessary to make the resources of the higher and middle classes of society efficient in the demand for material products.”

64. “It is also very important to observe, that menial servants are absolutely necessary to make the resources of the higher and middle classes of society efficient in the demand for material products.”

— Thomas Malthus

Thomas Malthus Quote: “It has been said, and perhaps with truth, that the conclusions of Political Economy partake more of the certainty of the stricter sciences than those of most of the other branches of human knowledge.”

65. “It has been said, and perhaps with truth, that the conclusions of Political Economy partake more of the certainty of the stricter sciences than those of most of the other branches of human knowledge.”

— Thomas Malthus

Thomas Malthus Quote: “It is a mere futile process to exchange one set of commodities for another, if the parties; after this new distribution of goods has taken place, are not better off than they were before.”

66. “It is a mere futile process to exchange one set of commodities for another, if the parties; after this new distribution of goods has taken place, are not better off than they were before.”

— Thomas Malthus

Thomas Malthus Quote: “Thirty or forty proprietors, with incomes answering to between one thousand and five thousand a year, would create a much more effectual demand for the necessaries, conveniences, and luxuries of life, than a single proprietor possessing a hundred thousand a year.”

67. “Thirty or forty proprietors, with incomes answering to between one thousand and five thousand a year, would create a much more effectual demand for the necessaries, conveniences, and luxuries of life, than a single proprietor possessing a hundred thousand a year.”

— Thomas Malthus

Thomas Malthus Quote: “To minds of a certain cast there is nothing so captivating as simplification and generalization.”

68. “To minds of a certain cast there is nothing so captivating as simplification and generalization.”

— Thomas Malthus

Thomas Malthus Quote: “The science of political economy is essentially practical, and applicable to the common business of human life. There are few branches of human knowledge where false views may do more harm, or just views more good.”

69. “The science of political economy is essentially practical, and applicable to the common business of human life. There are few branches of human knowledge where false views may do more harm, or just views more good.”

— Thomas Malthus

Thomas Malthus Quote: “It is not the most pleasant employment to spend eight hours a day in a counting house.”

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

— Thomas Malthus

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