The Principles of Population and Production as They are Affected by the Progress of Society: With a View to Moral and Politicial ConsequencesBaldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1816 - 493 pagina's |
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Pagina xii
... duties of individuals , may amuse the studious and the speculative , but can lead to no good prac- tical result in the improvement of society . The reader , therefore , must not expect to find in the following pages the neat conciseness ...
... duties of individuals , may amuse the studious and the speculative , but can lead to no good prac- tical result in the improvement of society . The reader , therefore , must not expect to find in the following pages the neat conciseness ...
Pagina xxvi
... Duties and qualifications of missionaries What is the state of nature when applied to man in the early stages of society ? ... CHAPTER V. Of the natural tendency of population in the purely agri- cultural state , and in the early stages ...
... Duties and qualifications of missionaries What is the state of nature when applied to man in the early stages of society ? ... CHAPTER V. Of the natural tendency of population in the purely agri- cultural state , and in the early stages ...
Pagina xxxix
... Duties of statesmen and governments thereupon .... Conclusions to be drawn from these three considerations .. Whether they may suggest some improvements in the sys- 458 ib . 459 460 tem of education .... 462 Lord Bacon's opinion ... 463 ...
... Duties of statesmen and governments thereupon .... Conclusions to be drawn from these three considerations .. Whether they may suggest some improvements in the sys- 458 ib . 459 460 tem of education .... 462 Lord Bacon's opinion ... 463 ...
Pagina 7
... duties of the politician must then be regulated according to the circumstances of each particular case ; that is to say , he may encourage an increase of population under some conditions of society , although he may discourage it under ...
... duties of the politician must then be regulated according to the circumstances of each particular case ; that is to say , he may encourage an increase of population under some conditions of society , although he may discourage it under ...
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... duties of the politician . Instead of wandering through a maze of intricate problems , uncertain as the capricious nature of the beings it is his object to control , his march would be directed to a few simple points , plainly marked ...
... duties of the politician . Instead of wandering through a maze of intricate problems , uncertain as the capricious nature of the beings it is his object to control , his march would be directed to a few simple points , plainly marked ...
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The Principles of Population and Production: As They are Affected by the ... John Weyland Volledige weergave - 1816 |
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Populaire passages
Pagina 405 - It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Pagina 454 - In the Name of the Most Holy and Indivisible Trinity Their Majesties, the emperor of Austria, the king of Prussia, and the emperor of Russia...
Pagina 463 - Therefore, since custom is the principal magistrate of man's life, let men by all means endeavour to obtain good customs. Certainly custom is most perfect when it beginneth in young years : this we call education, which is in effect but an early custom.
Pagina 408 - And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Pagina 13 - In two centuries the population would be to the means of subsistence as 256 to 9; in three centuries as 4,096 to 13, and in two thousand years the difference would be almost incalculable.
Pagina 34 - were made for labour; one of them can carry, or haul, as much as two men can do. They also pitch our tents, make and mend our clothing, keep us warm at night; and, in fact, there is no such thing as travelling any considerable distance, or for any length of time, in this country, without their assistance.
Pagina 12 - In the first twenty-five years the population would be twenty-two millions, and the food being also doubled, the means of subsistence would be equal to this increase. In the next twenty-five years, the population would be forty-four millions, and the means of subsistence only equal to the support of thirty-three millions. In the next period the population would be eighty-eight millions, and the means of subsistence just equal to the support of half that number.
Pagina 5 - ... poor, of the great body of the people, seems to be the happiest and the most comfortable. It is hard in the stationary, and miserable in the declining state. The progressive state is in reality the cheerful and the hearty state to all the different orders of the society. The stationary is dull; the declining melancholy.
Pagina 392 - Collections relative to Systematic Relief of the Poor at different Periods, and in different Countries, with Observations on Charity, its proper Objects and Conduct, and its Influence on the Welfare of Nations. 8vo.
Pagina 456 - All the Powers who shall choose solemnly to avow the sacred principles which have dictated the present Act, and shall acknowledge how important it is for the happiness of nations, too long agitated, that these truths should henceforth exercise over the destinies of mankind all the influence which belongs to them, will be received with equal ardour and affection into this Holy Alliance.