 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
 | Business & Economics - 2000 - 344 pages
...for it." In illustration, he quotes Benjamin Franklin. "It is observed by Dr. Franklin that there is no bound to the prolific nature of plants or animals but what is made by thtir crowding and interfering with each other's means of subsistence. Were the face of the earth,... | |
 | S. Chandrasekhar - Social Science - 2002 - 238 pages
...beyond the nourishment prepared for it." "It is observed by Dr. Franklin," he writes, "that there is no bound to the prolific nature of plants or animals...interfering with each other's means of subsistence Throughout the animal and vegetable kingdoms, nature has scattered the seeds of life abroad with the... | |
 | Ernest B. Hook - Philosophy - 2002 - 398 pages
...cases are ;i) Benjamin Franklin's remark in t75t that "there is no bound to the prolific nature ol plants or animals but what is made by their crowding...interfering with each other's means of subsistence," which finally "hore fruit t07 years later when Dartvin and Wallace presented the theory of natural... | |
 | Sir William Cecil Dampier Dampier, Margaret Dampier - Science - 2003 - 312 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... | |
 | Charles Darwin - History - 2003 - 676 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... | |
 | Oliver J. Thatcher - History - 2004 - 476 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... | |
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...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... | |
 | Aristide R. Zolberg - History - 2006 - 686 pages
...Jefferson three decades later. In his conclusion, Franklin returns to natural laws, asserting that "there is in short, no Bound to the prolific Nature...is made by their crowding and interfering with each others Means of Subsistence." Much as in the absence of other plants, the earth might be gradually... | |
 | Thomas Robert Maltus - Social Science - 2006 - 325 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 S 6 The Principle of Population crowding and interfering with each other's means of subsistence. Were... | |
 | Thomas Robert Malthus - Social Science - 2013 - 325 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 5 6 The Principle of Population crowding and interfering with each other's means of subsistence. Were... | |
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