 | Thomas Robert Malthus - Malthusianism - 1809 - 576 pages
...at which the children die, this second co" lumn would shew the relative merit of the go" vemments, and the comparative happiness of " their subjects....perhaps be more conclusive than all " the arguments that could be adduced.'" In the importance of the inferences to be drawn from such tables, I fully... | |
 | Wakefield, Edward - Ireland - 1812 - 954 pages
...carefully in a second column the exact age at which the children die ; this second column would shew the relative merit of the governments, and the comparative...perhaps, be more conclusive, than all the arguments that could be adduced."* The practice of numbering the people appears to have been of great antiquity.... | |
 | Thomas Robert Malthus - Birth control - 1817 - 530 pages
...carefully in a second column the exact " age at which the children die, this second " column would shew the relative merit of " the governments, and the comparative...subjects. A simple " arithmetical statement would then per" haps be more conclusive than all the ar" guments that could be adduceda," In the importance of... | |
 | Robert Fraser - Fisheries - 1818 - 324 pages
...ages at which the children die, this second column would shew the relative merit of the government, and the comparative happiness of their subjects. A...perhaps, be more conclusive than all the arguments that could be adduced. "f The practice of numbering the people, appears to have been of great antiquity.... | |
 | Thomas Robert Malthus - Population - 1826 - 566 pages
...carefully in a second column the " exact age at which the children die, this second " column would shew the relative merit of the " governments, and the comparative...perhaps be more conclusive than all " the arguments that could be adduced."* In the importance of the inferences to be drawn from such tables, I fully... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - Canada - 1846 - 618 pages
...subsistence and wealth, it will be no longer possible to dispute that they ere the general laws which 402 403 every where govern this important part of the movements...have suggested this idea, and I think it must appear per- , fectly evident that the number of children reared to maturity must be among the tests of the... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - Ethics - 1848 - 630 pages
...show the relative merit of the governments and the comparative happiness of their subjects. Asimple arithmetical statement would then, perhaps, be more...the ingenious writers who have suggested this idea, and*I think it must appear perfectly evident that the number of children reared to maturity must be... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - 1850 - 597 pages
...and wealth, it will be no longer possible to dispute that they are the general laws which. 402 403 every where govern this important part of the movements...conclusive than all the arguments which could be produced. 77 I agree with the ingenious writers who have suggested this idea, and I think it must appear perfectly... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - English literature - 1871 - 616 pages
...possible to dispute that they are the general laws which of great 402 4 U3 every where govern ihis important part of the movements of the social machine....number of children reared to maturity must be among the tesis of the happiness of a society, though the l number of children born cannot be so considered,... | |
 | Asiatic Society of Bombay - Asia - 1872 - 518 pages
...may most securely rely. This loss to science is very great ; for the principles of political economy have been investigated in Europe, and the application...A simple arithmetical statement would then perhaps he more conclusive than all the arguments which could be produced." I agree with the ingenious writers... | |
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It has been lately observed, that " if the various states of Europe kept and published annually an exact account of their population, noting carefully in a second column the exact age at which the children die, this second column would show the relative... 
