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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.

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



I think it will be found that experience, the true source and foundation of all knowledge, invariably confirms its truth.

I think it will be found that experience, the true source and foundation of all knowledge, invariably confirms its truth.



The world's population will multiply more rapidly than the available food supply.

The world's population will multiply more rapidly than the available food supply.



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 or other visit the human race.

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 or other visit the human race.



Evil exists in the world not to create despair but activity.

Evil exists in the world not to create despair but activity.



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

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



The perpetual struggle for room and food.

The perpetual struggle for room and food.



Malthus married in 1804 and beat three children with his wife

Malthus married in 1804 and beat three children with his wife



Had population and food increased in the same ratio, it is probable that man might never have emerged from the savage state.

Had population and food increased in the same ratio, it is probable that man might never have emerged from the savage state.



The rich, by unfair combinations, contribute frequently to prolong a season of distress among the poor.

The rich, by unfair combinations, contribute frequently to prolong a season of distress among the poor.





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