But most of all the dirty poor,
Who make, quoth Darwin, good manure;[84]
That when the Russians, logger-headed,
Were kill’d by Frenchmen, ever dreaded,
Darwin rejoiced the filthy creatures
Would serve for stock to make mosquitoes;[85]
And also urges with propriety,
That war’s no evil in society;
But has a charming operation,
To check excess of population.