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.

-Thomas Malthus

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The Greatest Talents Have Been Frequently Misapplied

Thomas Malthus

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.

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Earth

The Proposition Of Mr. Ricardo, Which States That A Rise In The Price Of Labour Lowers The Price Of A Large Class Of Commodities, Has Undoubtedly A Very Paradoxical Air; But It Is, Nevertheless, True, And The Appearance Of Paradox Would Vanish, If It Were Stated More Naturally And Correctly.

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