Parallel Chapters from the First and Second Editions of An Essay on the Principle of Population: 1798 
Subtitle: 1803
Publisher: Adamant Media Corporation
Published: November 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9781421256092
Subjects: Principle,Population,Malthus,Thomas Robert; Business & Economics / Economic History; Business & Economics / Inflation
First sentence: THE great and unlooked for discoveries that have taken place of late years in natural philosophy; the increasing diffusion of general knowledge from the extension of the art of printing; the ardent and unshackled spirit of inquiry that prevails throughout the lettered, and even unlettered world; the new and extraordinary lights that have been thrown on political subjects, which dazzle and astonish the understanding; and particularly that tremendous phenomenon in the political horizon the French Revolution, which, like a blazing comet, seems destined either to inspire with fresh life and vigour, or to scorch up and destroy the thinking inhabitants of the earth, have all concurred to lead able men into the opinion, that we were touching upon a period big with the most important changes, changes that would in some measure be decisive of the future fate of mankind.