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... fecundity varies in different communities and countries . The principle which effects this variation , without the necessity of those cruel and unnatural expedients so frequently adverted to , constitutes what I presume to call THE LAW ...
... fecundity varies in different communities and countries . The principle which effects this variation , without the necessity of those cruel and unnatural expedients so frequently adverted to , constitutes what I presume to call THE LAW ...
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... fecundity of a marriage in London is , as Mr. Sadler tells us , 2 · 35 . How many children will the woman in the back settle- ments bear according to Mr. Sadler's theory ? The solution of the problem is easy . As the population in this ...
... fecundity of a marriage in London is , as Mr. Sadler tells us , 2 · 35 . How many children will the woman in the back settle- ments bear according to Mr. Sadler's theory ? The solution of the problem is easy . As the population in this ...
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... fecundity of human beings varies inversely as their numbers . How , I ask , can it be evaded ? " What , we ask , is there to evade ? Is 246 to 420 as 50 to 4000 ? Is 331 to 396 as 100 to 500 ? If the law propounded by Mr. Sadler were ...
... fecundity of human beings varies inversely as their numbers . How , I ask , can it be evaded ? " What , we ask , is there to evade ? Is 246 to 420 as 50 to 4000 ? Is 331 to 396 as 100 to 500 ? If the law propounded by Mr. Sadler were ...
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... fecundity of the human race dimin- ishes as population becomes more condensed , but that the diminution of fecundity bears a very small ratio to the increase of population , so that , while the population on a square mile is multiplied ...
... fecundity of the human race dimin- ishes as population becomes more condensed , but that the diminution of fecundity bears a very small ratio to the increase of population , so that , while the population on a square mile is multiplied ...
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... fecundity is less in London than elsewhere , and though the mortality is greater there than elsewhere , we find that even in London the number of births greatly ex- ceeds the number of deaths . During the ten years which ended with 1820 ...
... fecundity is less in London than elsewhere , and though the mortality is greater there than elsewhere , we find that even in London the number of births greatly ex- ceeds the number of deaths . During the ten years which ended with 1820 ...
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Seite 430 - The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
Seite 246 - Many politicians of our time are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition, that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story, who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim. If men are to wait for liberty till they become wise and good in slavery, they may indeed wait forever.
Seite 219 - But now my task is smoothly done: I can fly, or I can run Quickly to the green earth's end, Where the bowed welkin slow doth bend, And from thence can soar as soon To the corners of the moon. Mortals, that would follow me, Love Virtue; she alone is free. She can teach...
Seite 257 - They went through the world, like Sir Artegal's iron man Talus with his flail, crushing and trampling down oppressors, mingling with human beings, but having neither part nor lot in human infirmities; insensible to fatigue, to pleasure, and to pain; not to be pierced by any weapon, not to be withstood by any barrier.
Seite 255 - ... themselves rich in a more precious treasure, and eloquent in a more sublime language, nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand. The very meanest of them was a being to whose fate a mysterious and terrible importance belonged, on whose slightest action the spirits of light and darkness looked with anxious interest, who had been destined before heaven and earth were created to enjoy a felicity which should continue when heaven and earth should...
Seite 393 - But these men attained literary eminence in spite of their weaknesses. Boswell attained it by reason of his weaknesses. If he had not been a great fool, he would never have been a great writer.
Seite 255 - On the rich and the eloquent, on nobles and priests, they looked down with contempt; for they esteemed themselves rich in a more precious treasure, and eloquent in a more sublime language, nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand.
Seite 213 - The most striking characteristic of the poetry of Milton is the extreme remoteness of the associations by means of which it acts on the reader. Its effect is produced, not so much by what it expresses, as by what it suggests ; not so much by the ideas which it directly conveys, as by other ideas which are connected with them.
Seite 460 - Satan; so call him now; his former name Is heard no more in heaven...
Seite 264 - It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time, be so little read. As compositions, they deserve the attention of every man who wishes to become acquainted with the full power of the English language. They abound with passages compared with which the finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance. They are a perfect field of cloth of gold. The style is stiff, with gorgeous embroidery.