The power of population is so superior to the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man, that premature death must in some shape or other vist the human race.


Chapter VII, paragraph 20, lines 2-4. - An Essay on The Principle of Population (First Edition 1798, unrevised)

Thomas Robert Malthus Quotes

The power of population is so superior to the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man, that premature death must in some shape or other...

The power of population is so superior to the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man, that premature death must in some shape or other...

The power of population is so superior to the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man, that premature death must in some shape or other...

The power of population is so superior to the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man, that premature death must in some shape or other...