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And whether it would be wise in a civit society to tessen that mare whichis allotted to merit and industry ta 39. Whether ali Ways of spending a fortune be of equat benefit to
whether every man's son, brother, or himself may not, is he please, bequalisled to mare there in t3 2. What is there in the clergy to create a jealoust in the public t Orwhat would the public lose by it, is every 'squire in the land wore a blackcoat, seid his prayers, and was obligod to reside Θ3 3. Whether there be any thing persect under the sun t And, whether it he not with the worid as with a particular state, and with a state orhody-politic as with the human body, whicli lives and moves under various indispositions, perfeci health being se id om or ne ver to be so und 83 . Whether, neverthel est, men mould not in ali things aim at per fection t And, there re, Whether any wi se and good man would be against applying remedi est But whether it is not natural to wim for a benevolent
physician ta s. Whether the public happinest be not proposed by the legislature,
and whether such happinest doth not contain that of the individual sya 6. Whether, there re, a legislator mould he content with a vulgarstare of knowledge t Whether he mouid not be a person of reflectionand
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and thoughi, who hath made it his study to underitand the true natureand interest of manliind, how to guide men's humours and passions, howto incite their active powers, how to mahe their severat talenis co-ope rate to the mutuat benesit of each other, and the generat good of the whole taψ . Whether it doth not follow, that above ali things a gentieman'scare should be to keep his orun faculties found and entire ta 8. Whether the natural phlegm of this istand needs any additional
a 9. Whether ali spirituous liquors are not, in truth, optates taso. Whether our men os businest are not generalty very grave by
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timesta a. Whether there mouid not be erected, in each province, an hospital for orphans and Mundi ings at the expence of old bachetorsis s. Whether it be true, that in the Dutch work-houses, things are somanaged, that a child four years old, may earn iis own livelthood ta . What a folly is it to bulld fine houses, or estabiisti lucrative postsand large incomes, under the notion of providing for the poorta s. Whether the poor grown up and in health need any other provision, but their own industry under public inspectionis 6. Whether the poor-tax in England hath lesiened, or increased thenum ber of the poor ta 7. Whether work-houses mouid not be made at the least cxpence, with clay-floors and walis of rough stone, Mithout plaistering, cieling, or
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3 9. Whether ali manner of means mouid not be employed to possessthe nation in general, with an aversion and contempt for idienesi and allidie solli t
io earn by their labour ta 81. Whether other nations have not found great henesit fio m the use
of naves in re patring high roads, mali ing ri vers navigabie, draining bogs, erecting public bulldings, bridges and manufactu res t382. Whether temporary servitude would not be the best cure sor idienesi and beggary ta 83. Whether the public hath not a right to employ those who cannot, or who will not find employment for them set vesta 8 . Whether ali stur ly beggars mouid not be seiged and made flaves to the public, sor a certa in terna of years ta 8s. Whether he who is cha ined in a jail or dungeon, hath not, sor theti me, tost his liberty t And is Q, whether temporary sia very be not at ready admitted among us ta 86. Whether a state of servitude, wherein he mould he welt worked, sed and cloathed, would not be a preferment to such a fello ta 87. Whether criminals in the Deest count ry may not sorseit their liber-ty, and repair the da mage they have done the public, by hard labo ur is 88. What the word servant signi sies in the New-Testamenti Vo L. II. E e e 380. Whether
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389. Whether the view of criminals cha ined in patrs and hept at hard labour, Would not be very edisting to the multitude t39O. Whether the want os lacti an institution be not plainly seen in Englan f, where the distelles os a future state hardeneth rogues against the fear of death, and where, through the great growth of robbers and hou -breahers it hecomes e very day more necessary t39 I. Whether it be not easter to prevent than to remedy, and whether e should not prosit by the ex ample of othersy392. Whether felong are not osten spared, and there re encouraged, by the compassion of thos e who fhould prosecute them t393. Whether many that would not tahe away the lise of a thi ef, may not neverthelest be willing to bring him to a more adequale punishment ta9 . Whether the most indolent would be fond of idienest, is they re-garded ii as the lare road to hard labo ut ta93. Whether the industry of the lo er part of our peopte doth notmuch depend on the expence of the upper t396. What Would be the consequence, is our gentry assected todistinguisti them selves by fine houses rather than fine clothes 8 397. Whether any peopte in Europe are so meanly provided with houses and furniture in proportion to their incomes, as the men of estates inbelandr398. Whether bullding would not peculiarly encourage ali other aris in this hiragdom ρ399. Whether smittis, masens, bri chlayers, pia isterers, carpenters, join
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oo. Whether the ornaments and furniture of a good hou se do notemploy a number of ali foris of artificers, in iron, Wood, marble, brasi, Pe ter, COPPer, Wool, fax, and divers other materia is t
o 1. Whether in bulldings and gardens, a great number of day-lahour-ers do not sind employmenti oz. Whether by the se means much of that susten ance and wealth of this nation which now goes to foreigners Would not be kept at home, and nourim and circulate among our own peopte t os. Whether as industry produced good living, the number of han is and mouths would not be increased; and in proportiora thereunto, Whether there would not be e very day more occasion sor agriculture t Andwhether this article alone would not employ a World of peoplet o . Whether such management would not equalty provide sor themagnificence of the rich, and the necessities of the poort os. Whether an expence in bullding and improve menis doth not re- main at home, past to the heir, and adorn the publici And whether any
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ther ait these things might not seon be provided by a domestic industry,
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1 . Whether the lable os Hercules and the carier, e ver suiled any nation like this nation of Ireland δ 18. Whether it be not a neis spectacle under the sun , to heliold insuch a climate and such a soli, and under such a gentie government, somany roads untrodden, sields uni illed, houses desolate and hands unem-
I9. Whether there is any country in Christendom, et ther hingdom orrepublic, depending or independent, free or ensiaved, which may not a Llard us an useful lesson t sto. Whether the frugal SNises have any other commodities, but theirbuiter and cheese and a se in catile, sor exportation ; whether, neverthe
tory, in a mountainous corner, Without sca-poris, Without manufactu res,
without mines, be not rich by mere dint of frugali ty t et2. Whether the Swises in generat have not sumptuary la s, prohibiting the use of gold, jeweis, silver, silli, and lace in their apparet, and indulging the women only to wear silli on festivals, weddings, and publicsolemnitiest 23. Whether there be not two ways os gro ing ricli, sparing and gettingi But whether the laety spendthrist must not be doubly poor 8 2 . Whether money circulating be not the lise of industry , and whether the want thereos doth not render a state gouty and in active t 25. But, whether is we had a national bank, and our present cam fmali as it is) were put in to the most convenient mape, men should hear any public complainis sor want of money t 26. Whether
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et 6. Whether ali circulation be not alitie a circulation os credit, whatiaever medium metal or paper) is employed, and whether gold he any more than credit for so much power t et . Whether the wealth of the richest nations in Christendom doth notconsist in paper, vastly more than in gold and si lucr t et 8. Whether Lord Clare irin doth not aver of his own knowledge, that the prince of Orange, with the best credit, and the assistance of the richest men in Amserdam, was above ten days en dea uouring to raisCtwenty thous and pounds in specie, without being able to rat se half thesum in ali that time t See Clarendon's msoU, B. 12. 29. Supposing there had been hitherio no fuch thing as a banli, and the question were now sirst proposed, whether it would be laser to circulate unlimited bilis in a private credit, or bilis to a limited value on the public credit of the community, What would men think t so. Whether the maxim, What is everγ bod 's Moines is no boo's, prevatis in any country under the sun more than in belandr 3I. Whether the uni ted stock of a nation be not the best securityi And whether any thing but the ruin of the state can produce a national
set. Whether the total sum of the public trealare, power and wiLdom, ali co-operatin g, be not most lihely to estabiisti a bank of credit, sufficient to answer the ends, relieve the wanis and satisfy the scruples of
33. Whether London is not to be considered as the metropolis of Ir land 8 And whether our wealth such as it is) doth not circulate through London, and throughout ali Englandi, as freely as that of any part of his maiesty's dominions Z