Ch. vi. Of Poor -Laws y continued. 95 



and that, whether the resources of a country be 

 rapidly progressive, slowly progressive, stationary 

 or declining, the power of giving full employment 

 and good wages to the labouring classes must 

 always remain exactly the same, — a conclusion 

 which contradicts the plainest and most obvious 

 principles of supply and demand, and involves the 

 absurd position that a definite quantity of territory 

 can maintain an infinite population. 



