Book IV, chap. zx (p

47. W. of. N. Book V, chap. 1; vol. II, p. 372; Prince. of Pop. 2 éd., Book IV, chap. vur; 9° éd, Book IV, chap. 1x, pp. 436 sqq.

48. Princ. of Pop., chap. xviu, dre éd. pp. 348 sqq : The view of human life, which results from the contemplation of the constant pressure of distress on man from the difficulty of subsistence, by shewing the little expectation that he can reasonably entertain of perfectibility on earth, seems strongly to point his hopes to the future. And the temptation to which he must necessarily be exposed, from the operation of those laws of nature which we have beenexamining, would seem to represent the world, in the lightin whichit has been frequently considered, as a state of trial, and school of virtue preparatory to a superior state of happiness. But I hope I shall be pardoned, if I attempt to give a view in some degree different of the situation of man on earth, which appears to me, to be more consistent with the various phenomena of nature which we observe around us, and more consonant to our ideas of the power, goodness, and foreknowledge of the Deity.

49. Ibid, p. 361 : To furnish the most unremitted excitements of this kind, and to urge man to further the gracious designs of Providence, by the full cultivation of the earth, it has been ordained, that population should increase much faster than food.

50. V. Empson, Edinburgh Review, janv. 1837, pp. 479 sqq ; citations de The Crisis.