Note 190 — Chapter XXXIII
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Population or Great Britain and Ireland.
On an average the pure-blooded population amounts to
Teutonic in England, Scotland, and in the east and north-east of Ireland 10,000,000
Celtic in Cornwall, Wales, the Scottish Highlands, and Ireland. 6,000,000
The pure-blooded inhabitants amounts to 16,000,000
Mixed blood.
Mixture in which the Teutonic blood predominates 6,000,000
Mixture in which the Celtic blood predominates 4,000,000
10,000,000
In all 26,000,000 of inhabitants.
Notes accompanying the Ethnographic Map of Great Britain and Ireland, by Gustaf Kombst: “Phys. Atlas.”
The fear that Britain may be ruined by over population may be allayed by considering that we are ignorant of the immense treasures and inexhaustible resources of the natural world—that the ingenuity of man is infinite, and will continually discover new powers and innumerable combinations that will furnish sources of wealth and happiness to millions.