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Principles of Political Economy: With Some of Their Applications to Social ... - Page 128
by John Stuart Mill - 1904 - 591 pages
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Principles of Political Economy: With Some of Their Applications ..., Volume 1

John Stuart Mill - Business & Economics - 1848 - 622 pages
...a condition of great inequality of property. A greater number of people cannot, in any given state of civilization, be collectively so well provided...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...
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Principles of Political Economy: With Some of Their Applications ..., Volume 1

John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1849 - 638 pages
...a condition of great inequality of property. A greater number of people cannot, in any given state of civilization, be collectively so well provided...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...
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Principles of Political Economy: With Some of Their Applications ..., Volume 1

John Stuart Mill - Economics - 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,...
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The elements of social science; or, Physical, sexual, and natural religion ...

George Drysdale - Birth control - 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....but, at most, causes it to be somewhat earlier felt." As however all such improvements in distribution are generally of slow growth and introduction, they...
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The Elements of Social Science ...

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....but, at most, causes it to be somewhat earlier felt." As however all such improvements in distribution are generally of slow growth and introduction, they...
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Irish Emigration and the Tenure of Land in Ireland

Frederick Temple Blackwood Marquis of Dufferin and Ava - Ireland - 1867 - 442 pages
...a condition of great inequality of property. A greater number of people cannot, in any given state of civilization, be collectively so well provided...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...
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Irish Emigration and the Tenure of Land in Ireland

Frederick Temple Blackwood Marquis of Dufferin and Ava - Ireland - 1867 - 442 pages
...a condition of great inequality of property. A greater number of people cannot, in any given state of civilization, be collectively so well provided...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...
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Progress and Poverty: An Inquiry Into the Cause of Industrial Depressions ...

Henry George - Economics - 1879 - 600 pages
...To quote the language of John Stuart Mill: " A greater number of people cannot, in any given state of civilization, be collectively so well provided...over-population. An unjust distribution of wealth does not aggravate the evil, but, at most, causes it be somewhat earlier felt. It is in vain to say that all...
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The Victorian Review, Volume 4

H. Mortimer Franklyn - 1881 - 830 pages
...given state of civilization be so well provided for as a smaller. The niggardliness of nature, and not the injustice of society, is the cause of the penalty attached to overpopulation. This our Californian writer denies. " I assert that the very reverse is the case. In any given state...
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Progress and Poverty: A Review of the Doctrines of Henry George

George Basil Dixwell - Labor - 1882 - 58 pages
...Mill: — " A greater number of people cannot, in any given state of civilization, be collectively as well provided for as a smaller. The niggardliness...over-population. 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 that...
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