 | John Stuart Mill - 1848 - 622 pages
...property. A greater number of people cannot, in any given state of civilization, be collectively so well provided for as a smaller. The niggardliness of nature, not the injustice of society, are the cause of the penalty attached to over-population. An unjust distribution of wealth does not... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1849 - 638 pages
...property. A greater number of people cannot, in any given state of civilization, be collectively so well provided for as a smaller. The niggardliness of nature, not the injustice of society, are the cause of the penalty attached to over-population. An unjust distribution of wealth does not... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1852 - 672 pages
...of people cannot, in any given \ state of civilization, be collectively so well provided for as a I smaller. The niggardliness of nature, not the injustice...of society, is the cause of the penalty attached to over-populai tion. An unjust distribution of wealth does not even aggra\ vate the evil, but, at most,... | |
 | George Drysdale - 1861 - 622 pages
...probably be more universal. " The niggardliness of nature, not the injustice of society," says Mr. Mill, " is the cause of the penalty attached to over-population. An unjust distribution of wealth does not even aggravate the evil, but, at most, causes it to be somewhat earlier felt." As however all such... | |
 | George Drysdale - 1861 - 616 pages
...probably be more universal. " The niggardliness of nature, not the injustice of society," says Mr. Mill, " is the cause of the penalty attached to over-population. An unjust distribution of wealth does not even aggravate the evil, but, at most, causes it to be somewhat earlier felt." As however all such... | |
 | Frederick Temple Blackwood Marquis of Dufferin and Ava - 1867 - 442 pages
...property. A greater number of people cannot, in any given state of civilization, be collectively so well provided for as a smaller. • The niggardliness...cause of the penalty attached to over-population. It is in vain to say, that all mouths which the increase of mankind calls into existence, bring with... | |
 | Frederick Temple Blackwood Marquis of Dufferin and Ava - 1867 - 442 pages
...niggardliness of nature, not the injustice of society, is the cause of the penalty attached to over-population. It is in vain to say, that all mouths which the increase of mankind calls into existence, bring v ith them hands. The new 13 But if, instead of the reduced numbers at... | |
 | 1873 - 712 pages
...property. A greater number of people cannot, in any given state of civilization, be collectively so well provided for, as a smaller. The niggardliness...over-population. An unjust distribution of wealth does not even aggravate the evil, but, at most, causes it to be somewhat earlier felt. It is in vain to say... | |
 | Christopher Cavanagh - 1875 - 240 pages
...control, and unless the Creator is perpetually to interrupt the uniformities He himself has decreed, " it is in vain to say, that all mouths which the increase of mankind calls into existence, bring with them hands. The new mouths require as much food as the old ones, and... | |
 | Francis Amasa Walker - 1876 - 436 pages
...result in a diminished per-capita product. In such a condition the remark of Mr. JS Mill applies : " It is in vain to say that all mouths which the increase of mankind calls into existence bring with them hands. The new mouths require as much food as the old ones, and... | |
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The niggardliness of nature, not the injustice of society, is the cause of the penalty attached to overpopulation. An unjust distribution of wealth does not aggravate the evil, but, at most, causes it to be somewhat earlier felt. It is in vain to say... 
