[1]. The Germans talk of ‘Smithianismus.’
[2]. Autobiogr., vol. i. p. 71.
[3]. Senior, Two Lectures on Population, 1829, Appendix, pp. 56, 57.
[4]. Senior, l. c., p. 56.
[5]. Macvey Napier’s Correspondence, p. 187. Cf. Pol. Econ., 2nd ed., pp. xxxv, liv.
[6]. “Why,” said I, “how many children do you reckon to have at last?” “I do not care how many,” said the man, “God never sends mouths without sending meat.” “Did you ever hear,” said I, “of one Parson Malthus? he wants an act of parliament to prevent poor people from marrying young, and from having such lots of children.” “Oh, the brute!” exclaimed the wife; while the husband laughed, thinking I was joking.—Cobbett’s Advice to Young Men, Letter 3, p. 83. The references to Cobbett in the Essay are probably, 7th ed., pp. 310 and 318, cf. p. 313; but his name is not mentioned.
[7]. Namely, in the Monthly Magazine for Jan. 1800. But see below, Book V.
[8]. Thoughts on Parr’s Sermon, p. 2, and Pol. Justice, Pref. p. x.
[9]. Preface to first edition of Essay, 1798.