Ricardo â Mafthns, 10 oct

30. Ricardo à Malthus, 7 oct. 1815, et 24 janv. 1817. Il continue : To inanage the sabject qaite right, they should be earefnlly distingaished and mentioned, and the dae effects ascribed to each. — Cf. PrincipleSf p. 67 : in ail thèse calculations, I hâve been désirons only to elucidatc the princîple, and it is scarcely necessary to observe, that my whole basis isassnmed at random, and merely for the pnrpose of exemplification. . . My object has been to simplify the subject... — Cf. Ricardo à Malthus, 4 mai 1820; et surtout cette déclaration singulière, 18 déc. 1814 : ... I an^ not sanguine about the principle, if trae, being of any use: but that is another considération ; — it» utility has nothing to do wilh its truth, and it Î8 the latter only which I am at présent anxious to establish.