...progressively harder terms." A greater number of people cannot, in any given state of civilisation, be collectively so well provided for as a smaller....cause of the penalty attached to over-population.''! Thus the increasing population of any country have not only to compete against one another for wages,...

...is the cause of the penalty attached to over-population. An unjust distribution of wealth does not aggravate the evil, but, at most, causes it to be...say that all mouths which the increase of mankind brings into existence bring with them hands. The new mouths require as much food as the old ones, and...

...a condition of great inequality of property. A greater number of people can not, in any given state of civilization, be collectively so well provided for as a smaller. The niggardliness of nature,1 not the injustice of society, is the cause of the penalty attached to over-population. An...

...increase. He quotes a long passage from John Stuart Mill, of which the pith is contained in the statement: "The niggardliness of nature, not the injustice of...overpopulation. An unjust distribution of wealth does not aggravate the evil, but, at most, causes it to be somewhat earlier felt." He proceeds : " All this...

...be tempted to class it with what are characterized as "identical propositions." Here are his words : "The niggardliness of nature, not the injustice "of...cause of the penalty attached "to over-population." It is simply equivalent to saying, that "whenever the population of a state or country exceeds the...

...the cause of the penalty attached to overpopulation. [3] An unjust distribution of wealth does not aggravate the evil, but, at most, causes it to be somewhat earlier felt. It is vain to say, that all mouths which the increase of mankind calls into existence bring with them hands....

...stating their propositions. Mr. Mill says : " 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 to be somewhat earlier felt. It is in vain to say, that...

...language of John Stuart Mill: " A greater number of people cannot, in any given itate of drOl zation, be collectively so well provided for as a smaller....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...

...a condition of great inequality of property. A greater numlber of people cannot, in any given state of civilization, be collectively so well provided...nature, not the injustice of society, is the cause of tho penalty attached to over-population. An unjust distribution of wealth does not even aggravate the...

...He regards the necessity for limiting population as due to natural rather than to social causes. " The niggardliness of nature, not the injustice of society, is the cause of the penalty attached to over - population " : l it is because nature limits the productiveness of labour that population cannot...