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

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


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





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