 Man is necessarily confined in room. When acre has been added to acre till all the fertile land is occupied, the yearly increase of food must depend upon the melioration of the land already in possession. This is a fund, which, from the nature of all...  History of Economic Thought.. - Page 200by Lewis Henry Haney - 1911 - 567 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Brockden Brown - American literature - 1804 - 740 pages
...which the* productions of the earth may be supposed to increase, it will not be so easy to determine ; when acre has been added to acre, till all the fertile...occupied, the yearly increase of food must depend upon the amelioration of the land already in possession. " This is a stream," says Mr. M. " which, from the... | |
 | Thomas Robert Malthus - Population - 1807 - 606 pages
...greater number will by no means be obtained with the fame facility. Man is neceflarily confined in room. When acre has been added to acre till all the fertile land is occupied, the yearly increafe of food muft depend upon the melioration of the land already in pofleffion. This is. a ftream,... | |
 | Thomas Robert Malthus - Malthusianism - 1809 - 576 pages
...greater number will by no means be obtained with the same facility. Man is necessarily confined in room. When acre has been added to acre, till all the fertile...melioration of the land already in possession. This is a stream^ Which, from the nature of all soils, instead 'of increasing, must be gradually di. minishing.... | |
 | Thomas Robert Malthus - 1809 - 576 pages
...confined in room. When acre has been add, ed to acre, till all the fertile land is occupied, the i yearly increase of food must depend upon the melioration of the land already in possession. . This is a stream, which, from the nature of all soils, instead of increasing, must be gradually dimjnishing.... | |
 | William Barker Daniel - Fishing - 1813 - 820 pages
...Productions of tne Earth afford, is not so easily determined, yet it is certain, that when Acre is added to Acre, till all the fertile Land is occupied, the Yearly Augmentation of Food, must depend on the Amelioration of the Land, already cultivated. This is a Stream,... | |
 | William Shepherd, Jeremiah Joyce, Lant Carpenter - Education - 1815 - 598 pages
...to which the productions of the earth may be supposed to increase, is not so easily determined ; but when acre has been added to acre, till all the fertile...depend upon the melioration of the land already in cultivation ; and Mr. Malthus shews, that, on this supposition, the means of subsistence, under circumstances... | |
 | Thomas Robert Malthus - Birth control - 1817 - 524 pages
...greater number will by no means be obtained with the same facility. Man is necessarily confined in room. When acre has been added to acre till all the fertile...This is a fund, which, from the nature of all soils, 10 Statement of the Subject. Ratios of Bk. i. soils, instead of increasing, must be gradually diminishing.... | |
 | 1821 - 732 pages
...of subsistence in the sense of provisions." " When acre has been added to acre," says Mr. Malthus, " till all the fertile land is occupied, the yearly increase of food " must depend on the melioration of the land already in posses" sion. This is a fund which, from the nature of all... | |
 | John Rooke - Constitutional history - 1835 - 336 pages
...with practical agriculture, he perverted the laws of nature to suit an erroneous bias. He observes, " When acre has been added to acre, till all the fertile...occupied, the yearly increase of food must depend upon the amelioration of the land already in possession. This is a stream, which, from the nature of all soils,... | |
 | sir George Kettilby Rickards - 1854 - 316 pages
...greater number will by no means be obtained with the same facility. Man is necessarily confined in room. When acre has been added to acre till all the fertile...instead of increasing, must be gradually diminishing. But population, could it be supplied with food, would go on with unexhausted vigour; and the increase... | |
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