"There are few works on political economy," said Malthus to me, "which have been more spoken and less read than mine." All the absurdities which have been spoken and written respecting the illustrious English author, are well known. Certainly, by an appeal against such decisions, he would have all to gain, and nothing to lose, before a less prejudiced tribunal.


Preface of M. Quetelet - A Treatise on Man and the Development of His Faculties (1842)

Adolphe Quetelet Quotes

There are few works on political economy, said Malthus to me, which have been more spoken and less read than mine. All the absurdities which have...

There are few works on political economy, said Malthus to me, which have been more spoken and less read than mine. All the absurdities which have...

There are few works on political economy, said Malthus to me, which have been more spoken and less read than mine. All the absurdities which have...

There are few works on political economy, said Malthus to me, which have been more spoken and less read than mine. All the absurdities which have...