Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometrical ratio, Subsistence, increases only in an arithmetical ratio. (Thomas Malthus)

Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometrical ratio, Subsistence, increases only in an arithmetical ratio.

Thomas Malthus

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