...the seeds of life with a most profuse and liberal hand ; but has been comparatively sparing with the nourishment necessary to rear them. The germs of existence...the course of a few thousand years. Necessity, that prevailing law of nature, restrains them. The race of animals and plants shrink under this great restrictive...

...is all on the other side. There arc no limits to the prolific power of plants and animals. They arc all endued with a principle which impels them to increase...existence contained in this earth, if they could freely devclope themselves, would fill millions of worlds in the course of a few thousand years. Necessity,...

...abroad with the most profuse and liberal hand ; but has been comparatively sparing in the room and the nourishment necessary to rear them. The germs of existence contained in this earth, if they could freely develop themselves, would fill millions of worlds in the course of a few thousand years. Necessity,...

...Through the animal and vegetable kingdoms, nature has scattered the seeds of life abroad, with the most profuse and liberal hand ; but has been comparatively...of a few thousand years. Necessity, that imperious all-pervading law of nature, restrains them within the prescribed bounds. The races of plants and of...

...the animal and vegetable kingdoms, if they could freely develop themselves, would, as Malthus shewed, fill millions of worlds in the course of a few thousand years. "Necessity, that imperious, all-pervading law of nature, restrains them within the prescribed limits. ... In plants and irrational...

...abroad, with the most profusf and liberal hand ; but has been comparatively sparing in the room anil nourishment necessary to rear them. The germs of existence...of a few thousand years. Necessity, that imperious all-pervading law of nature, restrains them within the prescribed bounds. The races of plants and of...

...nourishment to rear them. The germs of existence contained in the earth, if they could freely develop themselves, would fill millions of worlds in the course...of a few thousand years. Necessity, that imperious all-pervading law of nature, restrains them within prescribed bounds: The race of plants and the race...

...in the animal and vegetable kingdoms life was so prolific that if allowed free room to multiply it would fill millions of worlds in the course of a few thousand years. The only limit to its increase is the want of room and food. With regard to man, the question is complicated...

..."germs of existence contained in this earth," he remarks, " could freely develop themselves," they " would fill millions of worlds in the course of a few thousand years." But the tendency was, in the last resource, held in check by " necessity, that imperious, all-pervading...

...in the animal and vegetable kingdoms life was so prolific that if allowed free room to multiply it would fill millions of worlds in the course of a few thousand yeaiis. The only limit to its increase is the want of room and food. With regard to man, the question...