To remedy the frequent distresses of the common people, the poor laws of England have been instituted; but it is to be feared that though they may ha… - Thomas Robert Malthus

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To remedy the frequent distresses of the common people, the poor laws of England have been instituted; but it is to be feared that though they may have alleviated a little the intensity of individual misfortune, they have spread the general evil over a much larger surface.