An Inquiry Concerning the Population of Nations: Containing a Refutation of Mr. Malthus's Essay on Population |
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... agriculture , yet many obsti- nately persist in bidding defiance to any attempts that can be made to wean them from their injurious sloth 2. " Why should they labour ? does he not say there is no sufficient vent for the produce of their ...
... agriculture , yet many obsti- nately persist in bidding defiance to any attempts that can be made to wean them from their injurious sloth 2. " Why should they labour ? does he not say there is no sufficient vent for the produce of their ...
Page 186
... agriculture , would be more profitably employed . Sir John Sinclair fa- vours agriculture of course , and no doubt he expects an extensive population in consequence . His summary proposal is , that the English should employ North ...
... agriculture , would be more profitably employed . Sir John Sinclair fa- vours agriculture of course , and no doubt he expects an extensive population in consequence . His summary proposal is , that the English should employ North ...
Page 187
... agriculture , and those who patriotically respect pasture , without sufficiently regarding the state of society and the intercourse of nations ; others again are the patrons of manufactures . Sir James Steuart , though distinguishing ...
... agriculture , and those who patriotically respect pasture , without sufficiently regarding the state of society and the intercourse of nations ; others again are the patrons of manufactures . Sir James Steuart , though distinguishing ...
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CHAPTER III | 10 |
Contradictions and exaggerations of writers principally | 20 |
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