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The great and unlooked for discoveries that have taken place of late years have all concurred to lead many men into the opinion that we were touching on a period big with the most important changes.
Thomas Malthus
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Thomas Malthus
Age: 68 †
Born: 1766
Born: February 14
Died: 1834
Died: December 23
Anglican Priest
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Warwickshire
England
Thomas R. Malthus
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A feather will weigh down a scale when there is nothing in the opposite one.
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Malthus married in 1804 and beat three children with his wife
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