A great emigration necessarily implies unhappiness of some kind or other in the country that is deserted.
Thomas MalthusIt is an acknowledged truth in philosophy that a just theory will always be confirmed by experiment.
Thomas MalthusThe great and unlooked for discoveries that have taken place of late years have all concurred to lead many men into the opinion that we were touching on a period big with the most important changes.
Thomas MalthusThe labouring poor, to use a vulgar expression, seem always to live from hand to mouth. Their present wants employ their whole whole attention, and they seldom think of the future. Even when they have an opportunity of saving they seldom exercise it, but all that is beyond their present neccessities goes, generally speaking, to the ale house.
Thomas Malthus