Moral Physiology: or a Brief and Plain Treatise on the Population Question

Abstract

I sit down to write a little treatise, which will subject me to abuse from the self-righteous, to misrepresentation from the hypocritical, and to reproach even from the honestly prejudiced. Some may refuse to read it; and many more will misconceive its tendency. I would have delayed its publication, had the choice been permitted me, until the public was better prepared to receive it: but the enemies of reform have already foisted the subject in an odious form, on the public; and I have no choice left. If, therefore, I touch the honest prejudices of any, let it be borne in mind, that the occasion is not of my seeking.

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