Thomas Robert Malthus Quote

The germs of existence contained in this spot of earth, with ample food, and ample room to expand in, would fill millions of worlds in the course of a few thousand years.


An Essay on The Principle of Population (revised, 1826)


The germs of existence contained in this spot of earth, with ample food, and ample room to expand in, would fill millions of worlds in the course of...

The germs of existence contained in this spot of earth, with ample food, and ample room to expand in, would fill millions of worlds in the course of...

The germs of existence contained in this spot of earth, with ample food, and ample room to expand in, would fill millions of worlds in the course of...

The germs of existence contained in this spot of earth, with ample food, and ample room to expand in, would fill millions of worlds in the course of...