A correct social forecast cannot be made unless one keeps an eye on the thousands of signs of the new life, separating the occasional facts from those which are organically essential, and building the generalization upon that basis.
He emphasizes the need for careful observation of societal signs to make accurate social forecasts.
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Any soil, of any desired composition, can be made by machinery.
To every house a garden is attached, and none of the misery of big cities is to be seen.
That so small an area of land can produce so much wealth is nothing short of astonishing.
Few books have exercised so pernicious an influence upon the general development of economic thought as Malthus’s Essay on the Principle of Population exercised for three consecutive generations.
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