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The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man.

Thomas Malthus

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Thomas Malthus
Age: 68 †
Born: 1766
Born: February 14
Died: 1834
Died: December 23
Anglican Priest
Demographer
Economist
Essayist
Mathematician
Scientist
Sociologist
Statistician
Warwickshire
England
Thomas R. Malthus
Economy
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Power
Earth
Men
Indefinitely
Subsistence
Population
Produce

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