The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man.
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The constant effort towards population, which is found even in the most vicious societies, increases the number of people before the means of subsistence are increased.
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No limits whatever are placed to the productions of the earth; they may increase forever.
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The ordeal of virtue is to resist all temptation to evil.
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The histories of mankind are histories only of the higher classes.
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Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometrical ratio.
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