THERE is scarcely any inquiry more curious, or, from its importance, more worthy of attention, than that which traces the causes which practically ch… - Thomas Robert Malthus

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THERE is scarcely any inquiry more curious, or, from its importance, more worthy of attention, than that which traces the causes which practically check the progress of wealth in different countries, and stop it, or make it proceed very slowly, while the power of production remains comparatively undiminished, or at least would furnish the means of a great and abundant increase of produce and population.