Éd. de 1798, chap. xv, pp. 27 sqq

38. Princ. of Pop. l re éd., chap. i, p. 36. —p. 16-17: I see no way by which man can escape from the weight of this law which pervades ail animated nature. No fancied equality, no agrarian régulations in their ulmos.t extent, could remove the pressure of it even for a single century. And it appcars, therefore, to be décisive against the possible existence of a society, ail the inembers of which should live in case, happiness, and comparative leisure ; and feel no anxiety about providing the means of subsistence for thcinselves and families.