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" Were the face of the earth, he says, vacant of other plants, it might be gradually sowed and overspread with one kind only, as for instance with fennel; and were it empty of other inhabitants, it might in a few ages be replenished from one nation only,... "
History of Economic Thought.. - Page 194
by Lewis Henry Haney - 1911 - 567 pages
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The Scots Magazine, Volume 18

English literature - 1756 - 724 pages
...a hundred years exportation of Да ves, that has blackened half America ? 22. There is, in Ihort, no bound to the prolific nature of plants or animals, but what is made by their crouding and interfering with each other's means of fubfiftence. Was the face of the earth vacant of...
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Political, Miscellaneous, and Philosophical Pieces: Arranged Under the ...

Benjamin Franklin - American prose literature - 1779 - 610 pages
...rather than to the expulfion of the Moors, or to th« making of new feWlements. 22. There is, in fhort, no bound to the prolific nature of plants or animals,...crowding and interfering with each other's means of fubliftence. Was the face of the earth vacant of other plants, it might be graC dually dually fowed...
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An Essay on the Principle of Population, Or, A View of Its Past ..., Volume 1

Thomas Robert Malthus - Population - 1807 - 606 pages
...life to increafe beyond the nourifhment prepared for it. It is obferved by Dr. Franklin, that there is no bound to the prolific nature of plants or animals,...is made by their crowding and interfering with each others means of fubfiftence. Were the face of the earth, he fays, vacant of other plants, it might...
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An Essay on the Principle of Population, as it Affects the Future ..., Volume 1

Thomas Robert Malthus - 1809 - 576 pages
...to increase beyond the nourishment prepared for it. . It is observed by Dr. Franklin, that there is no bound to the prolific nature of plants or animals,...is made by their crowding and interfering with each others means of subsistence. Were the face of the earth, he says, vacant of other plants, it might...
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General Report of the Agricultural State: And Political ..., Volume 3

Great Britain. Board of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1814 - 508 pages
...justly remarked by Dr Franklin, " That there is no bound to the prolific nature of animals and plants, but what is made by their crowding and interfering with each other's means of subsistence." Tendency to exceed subsistence. — If the deficiency of food, therefore, has set a natural boundary...
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Gray Versus Malthus: The Principles of Population and Production ...

Simon Gray - Malthusianism - 1818 - 550 pages
...prepared for it, is an observation of Dr. Franklin. " It is observed by Dr. Franklin, that there is no bound to the prolific nature of plants or animals,...interfering with each other's means of subsistence. Were the face of the earth," he says, " vacant of other plants, it might be gradually sowed, and overspread...
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The Investigator, Volumes 3-4

1821 - 970 pages
...Increase of Mankind," written in 1731, has said, " There is no bound to the prolific nature of plants and animals, but what is made by their crowding and interfering with each other's means of subsistence. Were the face of the earth vacant of other plants, it might be gradually sowed and overspread with...
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An Essay on the Principle of Population: Or, A View of Its Past ..., Volume 1

Thomas Robert Malthus - Malthusianism - 1826 - 566 pages
...life to increase beyond the nourishment prepared for it. It is observed by Dr. Franklin, that there is no bound to the prolific nature of plants or animals,...interfering with each other's means of subsistence. Were the face of !be earth, he says, vacant of other plants, it might be gradually sowed and overspread...
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An Examination of Opinions Maintained in the "Essay on the Principles of ...

J. C. Ross - Economics - 1827 - 486 pages
...increase, implanted in all animated life, is the one great cause of human unhappiness." That " there is no bound to the prolific nature of plants or animals,...interfering with each other's means of subsistence, is a great truth," and shews the wisdom of the universal Creator; since, had it been otherwise, much,...
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Annual Report of the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture, Volume 36

Massachusetts. State Board of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1889 - 714 pages
...for it. It is observed by Dr. Franklin that there is no bound to the prolific nature of plants and animals but what is made by their crowding and interfering with each other's means of subsistence. Were the face of the earth vacant of other plants, it might be gradually sown and overspread with one...
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