“Partout où il se trouve une place où deux personnes peuvent vivre commodément, il se fait un mariage.”—_Esprit des Lois_, Bk. XXIII. ch. x. (not XXII., as in 7th ed.). Footnote 277: _Essay_, 2nd ed., p. 247; 7th ed., p. 160. Footnote 278: _Ibid._ 2nd ed., p. 221; 7th ed., p. 152. Footnote 279: _Essay_, 2nd ed., pp. 248–9; 7th ed., pp. 161–2. Footnote 280: _Ibid._ Footnote 281: 2nd ed., p. 246; 7th ed., p. 159. The Italics are the author’s. Footnote 282: _Ibid._ p. 247; 7th ed., p. 160. Footnote 283: _Ibid._ Footnote 284: 2nd ed., p. 205; 7th ed., p. 139. Footnote 285: _Essay_, 2nd ed., pp. 387 _seq._; 7th ed., pp. 287 _seq._ Footnote 286: _Ibid._ Footnote 287: _Essay_, 2nd ed., p. 391; 7th ed., pp. 289–90. Footnote 288: _Ibid._ Footnote 289: _Essay_, 2nd ed., p. 393; 7th ed., p. 291. Footnote 290: 2nd ed., p. 395; 7th ed., p. 292. Footnote 291: _Ibid._ Footnote 292: Appointed in March 1826, in the last thirteen months of Lord Liverpool’s Government. Malthus came before them on 5th May, 1827. See _Third Report of Emigration Committee_, pp. 9, 10, and for his evidence pp. 311 _seq._ Footnote 293: 1st Report, 1826 (May); 2nd, 1827 (April). The free use of technical terms is not surprising, for political economy was then a popular study. For examples see 1st Report, pp. 46, 57; 2nd Report, pp. 63, 102; 3rd Report, pp. 261, 308. Footnote 294: 2nd Report. Footnote 295: 3rd Report, 1827 (June). Footnote 296: p. 9. Footnote 297: Cf. below, ch. vii. (on Ireland), especially pp. 197 and 199. Footnote 298: 3rd Report, p. 315, qu. 3257. Footnote 299: The Emigration Committee recommended that the help of the state should only be given on condition of a local initiative and local contribution. Footnote 300: See _e. g._ qu. 3370. Footnote 301: 7th ed., p. 292. Footnote 302: _W. of N._, I. viii. 36 (MacC.’s ed.). “Other” is not a slip; the writer is conscious of his cynicism. Footnote 303: _Essay_, III. iv. 293, of which the concluding paragraph was added in 1817. Footnote 304: _Essay_, 7th ed., Bk. II. ch. v. Footnote 305: 2nd ed., pp. 275–6; 7th ed., p. 169. Footnote 306: Or “Leyzin,” as Malthus spells it. Footnote 307: _Essay_, 2nd ed., p. 271; 7th ed., p. 166. Footnote 308: Average sixty-one years. Footnote 309: 2nd ed., p. 274; 7th ed., p. 168. Footnote 310: 2nd ed., p. 280; 7th ed., p. 173, top. The remark savours of paradox. Footnote 311: _Ibid._ p. 280, foot; 7th ed., p. 173. Footnote 312: _Ibid._ p. 281; 7th ed., p. 173. Footnote 313: See above, p. 127. Footnote 314: Compare above on “oscillations,” p. 147, and below, Bk. II. chs. ii. and iii. Footnote 315: _Essay_, 7th ed., Bk. II. chs. vi., vii. Footnote 316: 2nd ed., p. 285; 7th ed., p. 175. Footnote 317: