![[P]opulation, when unchecked, goes on doubling itself every twenty-five years, or increases in a geometrical ratio. ... [T]he means of subsistence, under circumstances the most favorable to human industry, could not possibly be made to increase faster than in an arithmetical ratio.](/assets/img/quote-photos/population-when-unchecked-goes-on-doubling-itself-every-twenty-five-years-or.jpg)
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