AN ESSAY

ON THE

PRINCIPLE OF POPULATION.

VOL. II.

ON THE

PRINCIPLE OF POPULATION;

OR, A

VIEW OF ITS PAST AND PRESENT EFFECTS

ON

HUMAN HAPPINESS;

WITH

AN INQUIRY INTO OUR PROSPECTS RESPECTING
THE FUTURE REMOVAL OR MITIGATION OF

THE EVILS WHICH IT OCCASIONS.

By T. R. MALTHUS, A. M.

LATE FELLOW OF JESUS COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

THE THIRD EDITION.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON, IN ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD,

BY T. BENSLEY, BOLT COURT, FLEET STREET,

1806,

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1806

V. 2

CONTENT S

CHAP. IX.

X.

XI.

OF THE

SECOND VOLUME

BOOK II.

On the Fruitfulness of Marriages
Effects of Epidemics on Registers of Births,

Deaths, and Marriages

General deductions from the preceding
view of Society

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BOOK III.

OF THE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS OR EXPEDIENTS WHICH HAVE BEEN PROPOSED OR HAVE PREVAILED IN SOCIETY, AS THEY AFFECT THE EVILS ARISING FROM THE PRINciple of POPULATION.