...Malthus, and their followers, although he was as yet so far misled by their authority, as to concede, that in the commencement of cultivation, when population is small and land abundant, the best soils are alone cultivated, and that with the progress of population men are driven...

...whole system is based, as the reader will perceive, upon the assertion of the existence of the fact, that, in the commencement of cultivation, when population is small and land consequently abundant, the richest soils — those whose qualities fit them for yielding the largest return to any given quantity...

...Rent has never been more briefly, clearly, and fairly stated than in the following words : — "First. That in the commencement of cultivation, when population is small, and land consequently abundant, the best soils — those capable of yielding the largest return, say one hundred quarters, to a given quantity...

...consideration. That theory, in its simplest form, is contained in the following propositions : — First : That in the commencement of cultivation, when population is small and land consequently abundant, Mr. Ricardo taught that as population increased, the return to labour diminished, and the power of...

...one ventured to doubt their correctness. His theory was a very simple one. He laid it down as law, that in the commencement of cultivation, when population is small and land abundant, the best soils, such as yield the largest returns, are the only ones cultivated ; that asr...

...one ventured to doubt their correctness. His theory was a very simple one. He laid it down as law, that in the commencement of cultivation, when population is small and land abundant, the best soils, such as yield the largest returns, are the only ones cultivated ; that as...

...consideration. That theory, in its simplest form, is contained in the following propositions :— First: That in the commencement of cultivation, when population is small and land consequently abundant, Mr. Rirardo taught that as population increased, the return to labour diminished, and the power of...

...23, he says, "It will be perceived that the whole system is based upon the assertion of the existence of a single fact, viz., that in the commencement of...yielding the largest return to any given quantity of labor alone are cultivated. The fact exists, or it does not. If it has no existence, the system falls...

...perceived that the whole system is based upon the assertion of the existence of a single fact, namely, that, in the commencement of cultivation, when population...yielding the largest return to any given quantity of labor alone are cultivated. " That fact exists, or it does not. If it has no existence, the system...

...the whole system (of Ricardo) is based upon the assertion of the existence of a single fact, namely, that, in the commencement of cultivation, when population...yielding the largest return to any given quantity of labor alone are cultivated. " That fact exists, or it does not. If it has no existence, the system...