498 APPENDIX. 



1825. 



Since the last edition of this Work was published, an 

 answer from Mr. Godwin has appeared ; but the character 

 of it, both as to matter and manner, is such, that I am quite 

 sure every candid and competent inquirer after truth will 

 agree with me in thinking that it does not require a reply. 

 To return abusive declamation in kind would be as un- 

 edifying to the reader as it would be disagreeable to me ; and 

 to argue seriously M'ith one who denies the most glaring and 

 best attested facts respecting the progress of America, Ire- 

 land, England, and other states,* and brings forward Swe- 

 den, one of the most barren and worst-supplied countries of 

 Europe, as a specimen of what would be the natural in- 

 crease of population under the greatest abundance of food, 

 would evidently be quite vain with regard to the writer him- 

 self, and must be totally uncalled for by any of his readers 

 whose authority could avail in the establishment of truth. 



• See article Pepnlafum in the Supplement to the Enc3'clop8edia Britannira. 



