新大陆摆脱了马尔萨斯主义的羁绊。 在当时，马尔萨斯理论即意味着只能通过降低生活水平实现人口的更快增长。
The New World removed Malthusian constraints, which, until then, had meant that higher population growth could be achieved only at the expense of lower living standards.
当下，正值马尔萨斯主义的忧虑卷土重来、人们为地球人口过盛将导致的后果忧心忡忡之时，生育率的下降实在令人瞠目，也多少令人感到些许欣慰。
At a time when Malthusian worries are resurgent and people fear the consequences for an overcrowded planet, the decline in fertility is surprising and somewhat reassuring.
马尔萨斯主义者们会对他们所担心的数字增长找到铁证：人口看起来和以往增长一样快，或者更快。
Malthusians will find killer evidence for their fear in the new Numbers: the population looks as if it is growing as fast as ever, or faster.
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