FLUXLIST: It is Thomas Malthus Top Ten

[Allan Revich]

Thomas Malthus Top Ten: It Is

1. It is surely lost time
2. It is an obvious truth
3. It is next to impossible
4. It is much to be lamented
5. It is left to act with freedom
6. It is an acknowledged truth
7. It is impossible to suppose
8. It is my present purpose to state
9. It is said that early marriages very generally prevail
10. It is said that the passion between the sexes is less ardent

(Words from text courtesy of T. Malthus, An Essay on the Principle of Population ,1798)

 

Allan Revich