...from their not being always attended to. > xxiv. TENDENCY. " The doctrine, as mischievous as it is, I conceive, unfounded, that since there is a tendency...sometimes meant, ' the existence of a cause which, * I must again remind the reader that I am inquiring only into the senses in which each word has actually...

...amount of wealth, (in other words, a smaller population, in proportion to the means of subsistence) now, than formerly, — may be traced chiefly to an...sense it may be said, with truth, that the earth, oj any * Shakespere — The Tempest. t See Epistle to Rom. ch. i. other body moving round a centre,...

...usual aeuteness, has in the following passage traced the question to a verbal ambiguity. "The doctrine, that, since there is a tendency in population to increase...is sometimes meant, the existence of a cause which, operating unimpeded, would produce that result. In this sense it may be said, with truth, that the...

...amount of wealth, (in other words, a smaller population, in proportion to the means of subsistence now than formerly — may be traced chiefly to an...round a centre, has a tendency to fly off at a tangent ; i. «. the centrifugal force operates in that direction, though it is controlled by the centripetal...

...amount of wealth, (in other words, a smaller population, in proportion to the means of subsistence) now, than formerly, — may be traced chiefly to an...truth, that the earth, or any other body moving round a center, has a tendency to fly off at a tangent ; ie the centrifugal force operates in that direction,...

...following passage is taken from the ninth of the archbishop's published Lectures of Political Economy. " By a ' tendency ' towards a certain result is sometimes meant the existence of a cause which, operating unimpeded, would produce that result. In this sense it may be said with truth, that the earth,...

...following passage is taken from the ninth of the archbishop's published Lectures of Political Economy. " By a ' tendency ' towards a certain result is sometimes meant the existence of a cause which, operating unimpeded, would produce that result. In this sense it may be said with truth, that the earth,...

...smaller population, in proportion to the means of subsistence now than formerly — may be traced chieffy to an undetected ambiguity in the word ' tendency,'...round a centre, has a tendency to fly off at a tangent ; ts the centrifugal force operates in that direction, though it is controlled by the .centripetal;...

...acuteness, has traced the erroneous conclusions of Malthus to an ambiguity in the meaning of a word. "By a 'tendency' towards a certain result, is sometimes meant the existence of a cause which, operating unimpeded, would produce that result. In this sense it may be said with truth, that the earth,...

...amount of wealth, (in other words, a smaller population, in proportion to the means of subsistence) now, than formerly, —may be traced chiefly to an...unimpeded, would produce that result.' In this sense it maybe said, with truth, that the earth, or any other body moving round a centre, has a tendency to...