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T.R. Malthus

 

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T.R. Malthus : Principle of Population

'Colonel R. told me that the European government had discoverd an ingenious mode of diminishing the number of burnings of widows...This is the reverse of our system of increasing game by shooting the old cock-birds. It is a system would aid Malthus rarely.' (Footnote: Scott sent to Lockhart on 17 February a short article on the burnings for publication in the Representative).

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Walter Scott      

 

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