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146　Whether　it　can　be　hoped　that　private　persons　will　not　indulge
this　folly；　unless　restrained　by　the　public？

147　How　vanity　is　maintained　in　other　countries？　Whether　in
Hungary；　for　instance；　a　proud　nobility　are　not　subsisted　with
small　imports　from　abroad？

148　Whether　there　be　a　prouder　people　upon　earth　than　the　noble
Venetians；　although　they　all　wear　plain　black　clothes？

149　Whether　a　people　are　to　be　pitied　that　will　not　sacrifice
their　little　particular　vanities　to　the　public。　good？　And　yet；
whether　each　part　would　not　except　their　own　foible　from　this
public　sacrifice；　the　squire　his　bottle；　the　lady　her　lace？

150　Whether　claret　be　not　often　drank　rather　for　vanity　than　for
health；　or　pleasure？

151　Whether　it　be　true　that　men　of　nice　palates　have　been　imposed
on；　by　elder　wine　for　French　claret；　and　by　mead　for　palm　sack？

152　Do　not　Englishmen　abroad　purchase　beer　and　cider　at　ten　times
the　price　of　wine？

153　How　many　gentlemen　are　there　in　England　of　a　thousand　pounds
per　annum　who　never　drink　wine　in　their　own　houses？　Whether　the
same　may　be　said　of　any　in　Ireland　who　have　even？　one　hundred
pounds　per　annum。

154　What　reasons　have　our　neighbours　in　England　for　discouraging
French　wines　which　may　not　hold　with　respect　to　us　also？

155　How　much　of　the　necessary　sustenance　of　our　people　is　yearly
exported　for　brandy？

156　Whether；　if　people　must　poison　themselves；　they　had　not
better　do　it　with　their　own　growth？

157　If　we　imported　neither　claret　from　France；　nor　fir　from
Norway；　what　the　nation　would　save　by　it？

158　When　the　root　yieldeth　insufficient　nourishment；　whether　men
do　not　top　the　tree　to　make　the　lower　branches　thrive？

159　Whether；　if　our　ladies　drank　sage　or　balm　tea　out　of　Irish
ware；　it　would　be　an　insupportable　national　calamity？

160　Whether　it　be　really　true　that　such　wine　is　best　as　most
encourages　drinking；　i。e。；　that　must　be　given　in　the　largest　dose
to　produce　its　effect？　And　whether　this　holds　with　regard　to　any
other　medicine？

161　Whether　that　trade　should　not　be　accounted　most　pernicious
wherein　the　balance　is　most　against　us？　And　whether　this　be　not
the　trade　with　France？

162　Whether　it　be　not　even　madness　to　encourage　trade　with　a
nation　that　takes　nothing　of　our　manufacture？

163　Whether　Ireland　can　hope　to　thrive　if　the　major　part　of　her
patriots　shall　be　found　in　the　French　interest？

164　Whether　great　plenty　and　variety　of　excellent　wines　are　not
to　be　had　on　the　coasts　of　Italy　and　Sicily？　And　whether　those
countries　would　not　take　our　commodities　of　linen；　leather；
butter；　etc。　in　exchange　for　them？

165　Particularly；　whether　the　Vinum　Mamertinum；　which　grows　on
the　mountains　about　Messina；　a　red　generous　wine；　highly　esteemed
（if　we　may　credit　Pliny）　by　the　ancient　Romans；　would　not　come
cheap；　and　please　the　palates　of　our　Islanders？

166　Why；　if　a　bribe　by　the　palate　or　the　purse　be　in　effect　the
same　thing；　they　should　not　be　alike　infamous？

167　Whether　the　vanity　and　luxury　of　a　few　ought　to　stand　in
competition　with　the　interest　of　a　nation？

168　Whether　national　wants　ought　not　to　be　the　rule　of　trade？　And
whether　the　most　pressing　wants　of。　the　majority　ought　not　to　be
first　considered？

169　Whether　it　is　possible　the　country　should　be　well　improved；
while　our　beef　is　exported；　and　our　labourers　live　upon　potatoes？

170　If　it　be　resolved　that　we　cannot　do　without　foreign　trade；
whether；　at　least；　it　may　not　be　worth　while　to　consider　what
branches　thereof　deserve　to　be　entertained；　and　how　far　we　may　be
able　to　carry　it　on　under　our　present　limitations？

171　What　foreign　imports　may　be　necessary　for　clothing　and
feeding　the　families　of　persons　not　worth　above　one　hundred
pounds　a　year？　And　how　many　wealthier　there　are　in　the　kingdom；
and　what　proportion　they　bear　to　the　other　inhabitants？

172　Whether　trade　be　not　then　on　a　right　foot；　when　foreign
commodities　are　imported　in　exchange　only　for　domestic
superfluities？

173　Whether　the　quantities　of　beef；　butter；　wool；　and　leather；
exported　from　this　island；　can　be　reckoned　the　superfluities　of　a
country；　where　there　are　so　many　natives　naked　and　famished？

174　Whether　it　would　not　be　wise　so　to　order　our　trade　as　to
export　manufactures　rather　than　provisions；　and　of　those　such　as
employ　most　hands？

175　Whether　she　would　not　be　a　very　vile　matron；　and　justly
thought　either　mad　or　foolish；　that　should　give　away　the
necessaries　of　life　from　her　naked　and　famished　children；　in
exchange　for　pearls　to　stick　in　her　hair；　and　sweetmeats　to
please　her　own　palate？

176　Whether　a　nation　might　not　be　considered　as　a　family？

177　Whether　the　remark　made　by　a　Venetian　ambassador　to　Cardinal
Richelieu　　'That　France　needed　nothing　to　be　rich　and　easy；　but
to　know　how　to　spend　what　she　dissipates'　may　not　be　of　use　also
to　other　people？

178　Whether　hungry　cattle　will　not　leap　over　bounds？　And　whether
most　men　are　not　hungry　in　a　country　where　expensive　fashions
obtain？

179　Whether　there　should　not　be　published　yearly；　schedules　of
our　trade；　containing　an　account　of　the　imports　and　exports　of
the　foregoing　year？

180　Whether　other　methods　may　not　be　found　for　supplying　the
funds；　besides　the　custom　on　things　imported？

181　Whether　any　art　or　manufacture　be　so　difficult　as　the　making
of　good　laws？

182　Whether　our　peers　and　gentlemen　are　born　legislators？　Or；
whether　that　faculty　be　acquired　by　study　and　reflection？

183　Whether　to　comprehend　the　real　interest　of　a　people；　and　the
means　to　procure　it；　doth　not　imply　some　fund　of　knowledge；
historical；　moral；　and　political；　with　a　faculty　of　reason
improved　by　learning？

184　Whether　every　enemy　to　learning　be　not　a　Goth？　And　whether
every　such　Goth　among　us　be　not　an　enemy　to　the　country？

185　Whether；　therefore；　it　would　not　be　an　omen　of　ill　presage；　a
dreadful　phenomenon　in　the　land；　if　our　great　men　should　take　it
in　their　heads　to　deride　learning　and　education？

186　Whether；　on　the　contrary；　it　should　not　seem　worth　while　to
erect　a　mart　of　literature　in　this　kingdom；　under　wiser
regulations　and　better　discipline　than　in　any　other　part　of
Europe？　And　whether　this　would　not　be　an　infallible　means　of
drawing　men　and　money　into　the　kingdom？

187　Whether　the　governed　be　not　too　numerous　for　the　governing
part　of　our　college？　And　whether　it　might　not　be　expedient　to
convert　thirty　natives…places　into　twenty　fellowships？

188　Whether；　if　we　had　two　colleges；　there　might　not　spring　a
useful　emulation　between　them？　And　whether　it　might　not　be
contrived　so　to　divide　the　fellows；　scholars；　and　revenues
between　both；　as　that　no　member　should　be　a　loser　thereby？

189　Whether　ten　thousand　pounds　well　laid　out　might　not　build　a
decent　college；　fit　to　contain　two　hundred　persons；　and　whether
the　purchase　money　of　the　chambers　would　not　go　a　good　way
towards　defraying　the　expense？

190　Where　this　college　should　be　situated？

191　Whether；　in　imitation　of　the　Jesuits　at　Paris；　who　admit
Protestants　to　study　in　their　colleges；　it　may　not　be　right　for
us　also　to　admit　Roman　Catholics　into　our　college；　without
obliging　them　to　attend　chapel　duties；　or　catechisms；　or　divinity
lectures？　And　whether　this　might　not　keep　money　in　the　kingdom；
and　prevent　the　prejudices　of　a　foreign　education？

192　Whether　it　is　possible　a　State　should　not　thrive；　whereof　the
lower　part　were　industrious；　and　the　upper　wise？

193　Whether　the　collected　wisdom　of　ages　and　nations　be　not　found
in　books？

194　Whether　Themistocles　his　art　of　making　a　little　city；　or　a
little　people；　become　a　great　one　be　learned　anywhere　so　well　as
in　the　writings　of　the　ancients？

195　Whether　a　wise　State　hath　any　interest　nearer　heart　than　the
education　of　youth？

196　Whether　the　mind；　like　soil；　doth　not　by　disuse　grow　stiff
and　whether　reasoning　and　study　be　not　like　stirring　and　dividing
the　glebe？

197　Whether　an　early　habit　of　reflexion；　although　obtained　by
speculative　sciences；　may　not　have　its　use　in　practical　affairs？

198　Whether　even　those　parts　of　academical　learning　which　are
quite　forgotten　may　not　have　improved　and　enriched　the　soil；　like
those　vegetables　which　are　raised；　not　for　themselves；　but
ploughed　in　for　a　dressing　of　land？

199　Whether　it　was　not　an　Irish　professor　who　first　opened　the
public　schools　at　Oxford？　Whether　this　island　hath　not　been
anciently　famous　for　learning？　And　whether　at　this　day　it　hath
any　better　chance　for　being　considerable？

200　Whether　we　may　not　with　better　grace　sit　down　and　complain；
when　we　have　done　all　that　lies　in　our　power　to　help　ourselves？

201　Whether　the　gentleman　of　estate　hath　a　right　to　be　idle；　and
whether　he　ought　not　to　be　the　great　promoter　and　director　of
industry　among　his　tenants　and　neighbours？

202　Whether　in　the　cantons　of　Switzerland　all　under　thirty　years
of　age　are　not　excluded　from　their　great　councils？

203　Whether　Homer's　compendium　of　education；　would　not　be　a　good
rule　for　modern　educators　of　youth？　And　whether　half　the　learning
and　study　of　these　kingdoms　is　not　useless；　for　want　of　a　proper
delivery　and　punctuation　being　taught　in　our　schools　and
colle