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I do not know that any writer has supposed that on this earth man will ultimately be able to live without food.
Thomas Malthus
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Thomas Malthus
Age: 68 †
Born: 1766
Born: February 14
Died: 1834
Died: December 23
Anglican Priest
Demographer
Economist
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Sociologist
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Warwickshire
England
Thomas R. Malthus
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