Ontheonehand，’itisoftheveryutmostimportancetothehappinessofmankindthattheyshouldnotincreasetoofast’40but，ontheotherhand，ifthefissionwereweakened，themotiveswhichmakeamanindustriousandcapableofprogresswouldbediminishedalso。Itwould，ofcourse，besimplertoomitthe’teleology’；tosaythatsanitaryregulationsaremadenecessarybytheplague，notthattheplagueisdivinelyappointedtoencouragesanitaryregulations。MalthusisatthepointofviewofPaleywhichbecomesDarwinismwheninverted；buttheconclusionismuchthesame。
Hereacheselsewhere，infact，amorepreciseviewofthevalueofthe’moralrestraint。’Inachapterdevotedforoncetoanidealstateofthings，41heshowshowaracethoroughlyimbuedwiththatdoctrinewouldreconcilethedemandsofthetwoinstincts。Populationwouldinthatcaseincrease，but，insteadofbeginningbyanincrease，itwouldbeginbyprovidingthemeansofsupporting。Nomanwouldbecomeafatheruntilhehadseenhiswaytoprovideforafamily。Theinstinctwhichleadstoincreasingthepopulationwouldthusbeintrinsicallyaspowerfulasitnowis；butwhenregulatedbyprudenceitwouldimpelmankindtobeginattherightend。
Foodwouldbereadybeforemouthstoeatit。
IV。SOCIALREMEDIES
ThisfinalsolutionappearsinMalthus’sproposedremediesfortheevilsofthetime。Malthus42declaresthat’anincreaseofpopulationwhenitfollowsinitsnaturalorderisbothagreatpositivegoodinitself，andabsolutelynecessary’