Had population and food increased in the same ratio, it is probable that man might never have emerged from the savage state.

Hard as it may appear in individual instances , dependent poverty ought to be held disgraceful.

It may at first appear strange, but I believe it is true, that I cannot by means of money raise a poor man and enable him to live much better than he did before, without proportionably depressing others in the same class.

The rich, by unfair combinations, contribute frequently to prolong a season of distress among the poor.

If it be taught that all who are born have a right to support on the land, whatever be their number, and that there is no occasion to exercise any prudence in the affair of marriage so as to check this number, the temptations, according to all the known principles of human nature, will inevitably be yielded to, and more and more will gradually become dependent on parish assistance.

It is also very important to observe, that menial servants are absolutely necessary to make the resources of the higher and middle classes of society efficient in the demand for material products.

Subsistence increases only in an arithmetical ratio.