But Rapp is the reverse of zealous matrons,
Who favour, malgré Malthus, Generation—
Professors of that genial art, and patrons
Of all the modest part of Propagation;
Which after all at such a desperate rate runs,
That half its produce tends to Emigration,
That sad result of passions and potatoes—
Two weeds which pose our economic Catos.
XXXVIII.
Had Adeline read Malthus? I can't tell;