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A person may be convinced of a truth by reason yet still act against it
Drawn from what Thomas Robert Malthus said
What Thomas Robert Malthus actually said
- Thomas Robert Malthus English economist and cleric (1766 to 1834)
A truth may be brought home to his conviction as a rational being, though he may determine to act contrary to it, as a compound being.
Where this was said
↗An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798, first edition)gutenberg.org
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