 | England - 1848 - 788 pages
...the earth must lose that great portion of its pleasantness which it owes to things that the unlimited increase of wealth and population would extirpate...the sake of posterity, that they will be content to te stationary long before necessity compels them to it. "It is scarcely necessary to remark, that a... | |
 | English literature - 1848 - 594 pages
...the earth must lose that great portion of its pleasantness which it owes to things that the unlimited increase of wealth and population would extirpate...stationary, long before necessity compels them to it.' * The last and not the least important portion of Mr. Mill's work is the fifth book, ' On the Influence... | |
 | England - 1848 - 802 pages
...the earth must lose that great portion of its pleasantness which it owes to things that the unlimited increase of wealth and population would extirpate...sincerely hope, for the sake of posterity, that they w ill be content to be stationary long before necessity compels them to it. " It is scarcely necessary... | |
 | Science - 1863 - 822 pages
...„must lose that great portion of its pleasantness which it „owes to things that the unliraited increase of wealth and „ population would extirpate from it, for the mere purpose „to enable it, to plupport a larger, but not a better or a „ happier population, I sincerely hope... | |
 | John Timbs - 1864 - 328 pages
...the earth must lose that great portion of its pleasantness which it owes to things that the unlimited increase of wealth and population would extirpate...enabling it to support a larger, but not a better or happier population, I sincerely hope, for the sake of posterity, that they will be content to be stationary... | |
 | John Timbs - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1864 - 338 pages
...the earth must lose that great portion of its pleasantness which it owes to things that the unlimited increase of wealth and population would extirpate...enabling it to support a larger, but not a better or happier population, I sincerely hope, for the sake of posterity, that they will be content to be stationary... | |
 | John Timbs - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1864 - 320 pages
...the earth must lose that great portion of its pleasantness which it owes to things that the unlimited increase of wealth and population would extirpate...enabling it to support a larger, but not a better or happier population, I sincerely hope, for the sake of posterity, that they will be content to be stationary... | |
 | 1865 - 368 pages
...wealth and „population would extirpate from it, for the mere purpose „to enable it, to plupport a larger, but not a better or a „happier population,...stationary, long „before necessity compels them to it." Men behoeft 'zich echter feitelijk de toekomst niet zoo duister voor te stellen, indien er slechts... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1866 - 628 pages
...the earth must lose that great portion of its pleasantness which it owes to things that the unlimited increase of wealth and population would extirpate...the mere purpose of enabling it to support a larger, bnt not a better or a happier population, I sincerely hope, for the sake of posterity, that they will... | |
 | Horatio Robinson Storer - 1868 - 262 pages
...population. But although it may be innocuous, I confess I see very little reason for desiring it." " I sincerely hope, for the sake of posterity, that...stationary long before necessity compels them to it." 2 " If the opinion were once generally established among the laboring class, that their welfare required... | |
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If the earth must lose that great portion of its pleasantness which it owes to things that the unlimited increase of wealth and population would extirpate from it, for the mere purpose of enabling it to support a larger, but not a better or a happier... 
