of

The Rev. Thomas Robert Malthus,

LONG KNOWN TO THE LETTERED WORLD

BY HIS ADMIRABLE WRITINGS ON THE SOCIAL BRANCHES OF

POLITICAL ECONOMY,

PARTICULARLY BY HIS “ESSAY ON POPULATION.”

ONE OF THE BEST MEN AND TRUEST PHILOSOPHERS

OF ANY AGE OR COUNTRY,

RAISED BY NATIVE DIGNITY OF MIND

ABOVE THE MISREPRESENTATIONS OF THE IGNORANT