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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.

Thomas Malthus
Men, Population, Earth
Thomas Malthus (2015). “An Essay on the Principle of Population and Other Writings”, p.47, Penguin UK

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

Thomas Malthus
Men, Earth, Able
Thomas Robert Malthus (1959). “Population: The First Essay”, p.4, University of Michigan Press

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

Thomas Malthus
Forever, Earth, May
Thomas Robert Malthus (1959). “Population: The First Essay”, p.9, University of Michigan Press

The greatest talents have been frequently misapplied and have produced evil proportionate to the extent of their powers. Both reason and revelation seem to assure us that such minds will be condemned to eternal death, but while on earth, these vicious instruments performed their part in the great mass of impressions, by the disgust and abhorrence which they excited.

Thomas Malthus
Evil, Mind, Earth
Thomas Malthus (2015). “An Essay on the Principle of Population: Illustrated”, p.161, eKitap Projesi

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