The moon is not kept in her orbit round the earth, nor the … - Thomas Robert Malthus

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The moon is not kept in her orbit round the earth, nor the earth in her orbit round the sun, by a force that varies merely in the inverse ratio of the squares of the distances.

Thomas Robert Malthus

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Thomas Robert Malthus (13 February 1766 – 29 December 1834) was an English demographer and political economist best known for his pessimistic but highly influential views on population growth.

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The transfer of three shillings and sixpence a day to every labourer would not increase the quantity of meat in the country. There is not at present enough for all to have a decent share. What would then be the consequence?

Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometrical ratio, Subsistence, increases only in an arithmetical ratio.

A feather will weigh down a scale when there is nothing in the opposite one.

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