EDITED BY W. J. ASHLEY

T. R. MALTHUS

PARALLEL CHAPTERS

FROM THE

FIRST AND SECOND EDITIONS

OF

AN ESSAY

ON THE

- PRINCIPLE OF POPULATION

BY

T. R. MALTHUS

1798 1803

UNIV.
CALIFORNIA

New York

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