...the means of feeding it, if it were not kept down by vice, misery, or selfrestraint. Secondly,—That in a state of society where self-restraint does not...poorest class of the community have only just enough to support life. Thirdly,—That in a community where self-restraint acts effectually, each class of the...

...early life of Malthus. His doctrine a revolt against the optimism of Rousseau. Compare Bagehot, (a)p. 135. Difference in the 1798 and the 1806 edition....poorest class of the community have only just enough to suppoi t life. Third, That in a community where self-restraint acts effectually, each class of the...

...the means of feeding it, if it were not kept down by vice, misery, or selfrestraint. Secondly, — -That in a state of society where self-restraint does...poorest class of the community have only just enough to support life. Thirdly, — That in a community where self-restraint acts effectually, each class of...

...outstrip the means of feeding it, if it were not kept down by vice, misery, or self-restraint. Secondly. That in a state of society where selfrestraint does...poorest class of the community have only just enough to support life. In the second case (which was all that Malthus thought of in his first edition), the...

...soon outstrip the means of feeding it, if it were not kept down by vice, misery, or self-restraint. In a state of society where selfrestraint does not act at all, or only ss little that we need not think of it, population will augment till the poorest class have only just...