It Is Not The Most Pleasant Employment

When Hume And Adam Smith Prophesied That A Little Increase Of National Debt Beyond The Then Amount Of It, Would Probably Occasion Bankruptcy; The Main Cause Of Their Error Was The Natural One, Of Not Being Able To See The Vast Increase Of Productive Power To Which The Nation Would Subsequently Obtain.

The Greatest Talents Have Been Frequently Misapplied And Have Produced Evil Proportionate To The Extent Of Their Powers. Both Reason And Revelation Seem To Assure Us That Such Minds Will Be Condemned To Eternal Death, But While On Earth, These Vicious Instruments Performed Their Part In The Great Mass Of Impressions, By The Disgust And Abhorrence Which They Excited.

The Immediate Cause Of The Increase Of Population Is The Excess Of The Births Above Deaths; And The Rate Of Increase, Or The Period Of Doubling, Depends Upon The Proportion Which The Excess Of The Births Above The Deaths Bears To The Population.

The Histories Of Mankind Are Histories Only Of The Higher Classes.

The Perpetual Struggle For Room And Food.