In Prosperous Times The Mercantile Classes Often

It Is Also Very Important To Observe, That Menial Servants Are Absolutely Necessary To Make The Resources Of The Higher And Middle Classes Of Society Efficient In The Demand For Material Products.

Hard As It May Appear In Individual Instances , Dependent Poverty Ought To Be Held Disgraceful.

The Rich, By Unfair Combinations, Contribute Frequently To Prolong A Season Of Distress Among The Poor.

If I Saw A Glass Of Wine Repeatedly Presented To A Man, And He Took No Notice Of It, I Should Be Apt To Think That He Was Blind Or Uncivil. A Juster Philosophy Might Teach Me Rather To Think That My Eyes Deceived Me, And That The Offer Was Not Really What I Conceived It To Be.

[p]opulation, When Unchecked, Goes On Doubling Itself Every Twenty-five Years, Or Increases In A Geometrical Ratio. ... [t]he Means Of Subsistence, Under Circumstances The Most Favorable To Human Industry, Could Not Possibly Be Made To Increase Faster Than In An Arithmetical Ratio.