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" Were the face of the earth, he says, vacant of other plants, it might be gradually sowed and overspread with one kind only, as for instance with fennel; and were it empty of other inhabitants, it might in a few ages be replenished from one nation only,... "
Select Speeches of John Sergeant, of Pennsylvania [1818-1828] - Page 242
by John Sergeant - 1832 - 367 pages
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Cosmogenesis: The Growth of Order in the Universe

David Layzer - Science - 1991 - 335 pages
...might be gradually sowed and overspread with one Kind only; as, for Instance, with Fennel; and were it empty of other Inhabitants, it might in a few Ages be replenish'd from one Nation only; as, for Instance, with Englishmen." Franklin estimated that the colonial...
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Living within Limits: Ecology, Economics, and Population Taboos

Garrett Hardin - Business & Economics - 1995 - 350 pages
...might be gradually sowed and overspread with one Kind only; as, for Instance, with Fennel; and were it empty of other Inhabitants, it might in a few Ages be replenish'd from one Nation only; as, for Instance, with Englishmen. Thus there are suppos'd to be...
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Science and the Founding Fathers: Science in the Political Thought of ...

I. Bernard Cohen - Biography & Autobiography - 1997 - 378 pages
...might be gradually sowed and overspread with one Kind only; as, for Instance, with Fennel; and were it empty of other Inhabitants, it might in a few Ages be replenished from one Nation only; as, for Instance, with Englishmen.57 Moreover, like Malthus a half-century later,...
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On Evolution: The Development of the Theory of Natural Selection

Charles Darwin - Reference - 1996 - 382 pages
...it might be gradually sowed and overspread with one kind only, as for instance with fennel; and were it empty of other inhabitants, it might in a few ages be replenished from one nation only, as for instance with Englishmen. This is incontrovertibly true. Through the animal...
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The Economics of Population: Key Classic Writings

Julian L. Simon - Business & Economics - 258 pages
...it might be gradually sowed and overspread with one kind only, as for instance with fennel: and were it empty of other inhabitants, it might in a few ages be replenished from one nation only, as for instance with Englishmen.1 This is incontrovertibly true. Through the...
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Matters of Life and Death: Perspectives on Public Health, Molecular Biology ...

John Cairns - Law - 1998 - 276 pages
...might be gradually sowed and overspread with one Kind only; as, for Instance, with Fennel; and were it empty of other Inhabitants, it might in a few Ages be replenish'd from one Nation only." (He then goes on to discuss which nation would be the best choice,...
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Autobiography and Other Writings

Benjamin Franklin - Biography & Autobiography - 1998 - 404 pages
...might be gradually sowed and overspread with one Kind only; as, for Instance, with Fennel; and were it empty of other Inhabitants, it might in a few Ages be replenish'd from one Nation only; as, for Instance, with Englishmen. Thus there are suppos'd to be...
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Early Histories of Economic Thought, 1824-1914: History of economic thought

Business & Economics - 2000 - 724 pages
...might be gradually sowed and overspread with one kind only, as, for instance, with fennel ; and, were it empty of other inhabitants, it might in a few ages...one nation only, as, for instance, with Englishmen." 1 Above, p. 208. 1 Dissertation on the Poor Law, 1 786. 4Essay on the Populousncss of Ancient Nations...
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Early Histories of Economic Thought, 1824-1914: Types of economic theory

Business & Economics - 2000 - 344 pages
...might be gradually sowed and overspread with one kind only, as for instance with fennel : and were it empty of other inhabitants, it might in a few ages be replenished from one nation only, as for instance with Englishmen."1 It follows from this that population has a...
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Cosmology, Atomic Theory, Evolution: Classic Readings in the Literature of ...

Sir William Cecil Dampier Dampier, Margaret Dampier - Science - 2003 - 312 pages
...might be gradually sowed and overspread with one kind only, as, for instance, with fennel: and were it empty of other inhabitants, it might in a few ages be replenished from one nation only, as for instance, with Englishmen. This is incontrovertibly true. Throughout the...
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