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Quote by Thomas Malthus
The superior power of population cannot be checked without produci

The superior power of population cannot be checked without producing misery or vice. – Thomas Malthus

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I think it will be found that experience, the true source and foundation of all knowledge, invariably confirms its truth. – Thomas Malthus

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Knowledge
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Thomas Malthus
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In a state therefore of great equality and virtue, where pure and simple manners prevailed, the increase of the human species would evidently be much greater than any increase that has been hitherto known. – Thomas Malthus

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