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 ix
... in what respects the argu- ment was faulty in its principle or in its applica- tion . This I attempted in the year 1807 by " A Short Inquiry into the Policy , Humanity , and past Effects of the Poor Laws ; " a publication which.
... in what respects the argu- ment was faulty in its principle or in its applica- tion . This I attempted in the year 1807 by " A Short Inquiry into the Policy , Humanity , and past Effects of the Poor Laws ; " a publication which.
Pagina xiii
... are , I trust , yet more interesting . To en- large or fortify the dominion of morals over human happiness and prosperity , is at all times perhaps the highest office in which a writer can be engaged . PREFACE . xiii.
... are , I trust , yet more interesting . To en- large or fortify the dominion of morals over human happiness and prosperity , is at all times perhaps the highest office in which a writer can be engaged . PREFACE . xiii.
Pagina xiv
... human mind . System after system has been adopted with eager hope , and rejected in its turn with utter despair , in favour of another which has ultimately followed the destiny of its predeces- sor . And mankind , instead of reaping the ...
... human mind . System after system has been adopted with eager hope , and rejected in its turn with utter despair , in favour of another which has ultimately followed the destiny of its predeces- sor . And mankind , instead of reaping the ...
Pagina xix
... human mind , the lucubrations of that school must be admitted to be of great import- ance . But the ambition of its professors takes a higher flight , and aims at establishing practical rules of political and moral conduct upon general ...
... human mind , the lucubrations of that school must be admitted to be of great import- ance . But the ambition of its professors takes a higher flight , and aims at establishing practical rules of political and moral conduct upon general ...
Pagina xxiii
... human reason , or by " the progress of mind , " seems equally clear . Hence the fanciful and immoral systems which from time to time have been in- vested with the name and character of religion . To the same causes may perhaps be ...
... human reason , or by " the progress of mind , " seems equally clear . Hence the fanciful and immoral systems which from time to time have been in- vested with the name and character of religion . To the same causes may perhaps be ...
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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.