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Thomas Malthus

The Reverend (Thomas) Robert Malthus FRS (13 February 1766 – 23 December 1834) was a British cleric and scholar, influential in the fields of political economy and demography.

Population, when unchecked, goes on doubling itself every 25 years or increases in a geometrical ratio.
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In a state therefore of great equality and virtue, where pure and simple manners prevailed, the increase of the human species would evidently be much greater than any increase that has been hitherto known.
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I do not know that any writer has supposed that on this earth man will ultimately be able to live without food.
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The superior power of population cannot be checked without producing misery or vice.
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