"The main peculiarity which distinguishes man from other animals is the means of his support-the power which he possesses of very greatly increasing these means."

Power, Animals, Man, Support

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"The main peculiarity which distinguishes man from other animals is the means of his support-the power which he possesses of very greatly increasing these means."

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"The rich, by unfair combinations, contribute frequently to prolong a season of distress among the poor."

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"In a state therefore of great equality and virtue, where pure and simple manners prevailed, the increase of the human species would evidently be much greater than any increase that has been hitherto known."

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"The ordeal of virtue is to resist all temptation to evil."

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"The constant effort towards population, which is found even in the most vicious societies, increases the number of people before the means of subsistence are increased."

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"I think it will be found that experience, the true source and foundation of all knowledge, invariably confirms its truth."

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"The friend of the present order of things condemns all political speculations in the gross."

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"The great and unlooked for discoveries that have taken place of late years have all concurred to lead many men into the opinion that we were touching on a period big with the most important changes."

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"I do not know that any writer has supposed that on this earth man will ultimately be able to live without food."

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"The superior power of population cannot be checked without producing misery or vice."

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"Positive life, positive action."

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"Seen like that, he was just a shadow; darkness, a nothingness, before real power. The men of this world, epics included, would pass from time. I might be a worm to him, but he was a worm himself in the grand scheme of the universe."

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"Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something."

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"As a human being, we have unlimited power and unlimited abilities, we just have to look for it."

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