A theory of population, deduced from the general law of animal fertility / [Herbert Spencer?].

  • Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903.
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1852
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    A Theory of Population, deduced from the General Law of Animal Fertility. 1. Principles of Physiology, General and Comparative, By William B. Carpenter, M.D., F.R.S., F.G.S. Third Edition. London. John Churchill. 2. Outlines of Comparative Physiology, 8^c, By Louis Agassiz and A. A. Gould. London. H. G. Bohn. 3. 071 Pa7'thenogenesis ; or, the Successive Production of Pro¬ creating Individuals from a Single Ovum. By Richard Owen, F.R.S., &c. London. John Van Voorst. 4. O71 the Alternation of Generations. By Joh. Japetus Sm. Steenstrup. Translated by George Busk. London. Printed for the Ray Society. 5. The True Law of Population shown to he connected with the Food of the People. By Thomas Doubleday, Esq. Second Edition. London. George Peirce. 6. The Cyclopcedia of Anatomy and Physiology. Edited by Robert B. Todd, M.D., F.R.S. Longman and Co. TN a very recent publication,” says Dr. Whately, I have X seen mention made of a person who discovered the falsity of a certain doctrine (which, by the way, is nevertheless a true one, that of Malthus) mstinctively. This kind of instinct, i. e., the habit of forming opinions at the suggestion rather of feeling than of reason, is very common.” * There can be little doubt that this remark refers to a passage in the preface to Double¬ day’s True Law of Population,” wherein the writer says :— ‘‘ Happening many years ago, in the presence of a late relative, long since deceased, remarkable both for the sagacity and extended benevo¬ lence of his general views on philosophical subjects, to draw some of those startling, though not illogical, conclusions which seemed to flow from theories then recently broached as to this subject, and much in vogue at the time, the reply was this:—‘ Depend upon it, my dear nephew, that you and I may safely decline to yield an implicit assent, though we may not, on the instant, he able to refute them, to views * Introductory Lectures on Political Economy, 3rd edit., p. 163. A