APHORISMS AND REFLECTIONS
Since no amount of labour can produce an ounce of food-stuff beyond the maximum producible by a limited number of plants, under the most favourable circumstances in regal'd to those conditions which are not affected by labour, jt follows that, if the number ol men to he fed increases indefinitely, a time must come when somt' will have to starve. That is the essence of the so-called .Malthusian doctrine; and it is a truth .which, to my mind, is. as plain ay the general proposition that a quantity which constantly increases will, some time or other, exccecd any greater quantity the amount of which is fixed. -X- -X- -X- * “Virtually” is apt to cover more intellectual sins than “charity” docs moral delicts.
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Hokitika Guardian, 22 February 1932, Page 1
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125APHORISMS AND REFLECTIONS Hokitika Guardian, 22 February 1932, Page 1
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