Éd. de 1798, chap. xv, pp. 27 sqq

38. Princ. of Pop. l'e éd., chap. I, p. 36. —p. 16-17 : 1 sec no wuy by which man can escape from tiie weight of tins law which pervades ail animated nature. 'No fancied equality, no agrarian régulations in their utmost extent, could remove the pressure of it even for a single century. And it appears, therefore, to be décisive against the possible existence of a Society, ail the members of which should live in ease, happiness, and comparative leisure ; and feel no anxiety about jtroviding the nieans of subsistence for themselves and families.