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Thomas Malthus:An Essay on the Principle of Population, Excerpt 76

Thomas Malthus《An Essay on the Principle of Population》· An Essay on the Principle of Population · Investing

"In this instance the inhabitants appear to have been almost doubled in fifty-six years, no very bad epidemics having once interrupted the increase, but the three years immediately follow ing the last period (to 1759) were so sickly that the births were sunk to 10,229 and the burials raised to 15,068."

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Locator:Excerpt 76 · Verified:2026-10-19 · Verification:Short excerpt

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