 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 194by Lewis Henry Haney - 1911 - 567 pagesFull view - About this book
 | David Layzer - Science - 1991 - 335 pages
...credits Benjamin Franklin with that essay's germinal idea: 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 gradually be sowed and overspread... | |
 | Thomas Robert Malthus, Donald Winch - History - 1992 - 430 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...but what is made by their crowding and interfering w ith each other's means of subsistence. Were the face of the earth, he says, vacant of other plants,... | |
 | Garrett Hardin - Business & Economics - 1995 - 350 pages
...very near to a true theory, and to grasp its precise appliBox 9-2. Benjamin Franklin on Population. There is in short, no Bound to the prolific Nature...is made by their crowding and interfering with each others Means of Subsistence. Was the Face of the Earth vacant of other Plants, it might be gradually... | |
 | Anthony J. McMichael - Medical - 1993 - 376 pages
...in 1798, in the oblique idiom of the time: 'there is no bound to the prolific nature in plants and animals but what is made by their crowding and interfering with each other's means of subsistence. M In other words, it is in the nature of things that expanding populations will outstrip their food... | |
 | I. Bernard Cohen - History - 1995 - 376 pages
...of this edition Malthus supports his thesis by noting: 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... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Reference - 1996 - 382 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 the earth, he says, vacant of other plants, it might be gradually sowed and overspread... | |
 | John Cairns - Law - 1998 - 276 pages
...Franklin's pamphlet on the Increase of Mankind, he produces the following magnificent generalization. "There is in short, no Bound to the prolific Nature...is made by their crowding and interfering with each others Means of Subsistence. Was the Face of the Earth vacant of other Plants, it might be gradually... | |
 | Julian L. Simon - Business & Economics - 258 pages
...and confirmed its conclusions. From the Second Edition 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... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Biography & Autobiography - 1998 - 404 pages
...and other Causes, rather than to the Expulsion of the Moors, or to the making of new Settlements. 22. There is in short, no Bound to the prolific Nature...is made by their crowding and interfering with each others Means of Subsistence. Was the Face of the Earth vacant of other Plants, it might be gradually... | |
 | Julian Lincoln Simon - Nature - 162 pages
...Malthus's description of Benjamin Franklin's analysis: 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 sustenance. — This is incontrovertibly true. — In plants and animals the view... | |
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