It Has Been Said, And Perhaps With

Had Population And Food Increased In The Same Ratio, It Is Probable That Man Might Never Have Emerged From The Savage State.

The Exertions That Men Find It Necessary To Make, In Order To Support Themselves Or Families, Frequently Awaken Faculties That Might Otherwise Have Lain For Ever Dormant, And It Has Been Commonly Remarked That New And Extraordinary Situations Generally Create Minds Adequate To Grapple With The Difficulties In Which They Are Involved.

The Transfer Of Three Shillings And Sixpence A Day To Every Labourer Would Not Increase The Quantity Of Meat In The Country. There Is Not At Present Enough For All To Have A Decent Share. What Would Then Be The Consequence?

It Accords With The Most Liberal Spirit Of Philosophy To Suppose That Not A Stone Can Fall, Or A Plant Rise, Without The Immediate Agency Of Divine Power.

No State Has Hitherto Existed (at Least That We Have Any Account Of) ... That No Check Whatever Has Existed To Early Marriages, Among The Lower Classes, From A Fear Of Not Providing Well For Their Families, Or Among The Higher Classes, From A Fear Of Lowering Their Condition In Life.