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On Vital Statistics by Hilaire Belloc
Ill fares the land to hast'ning ills a prey (1) Where wealth accumulates and men decay.' But how much more unfortunate are those Where wealth declines and population grows!
(1)This line is execrable; and I note it. I quote it as the faulty poet wrote it.
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