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than　when　they　had　gold　and　silver　current　among　them？

254　Whether　a　view　of　the　ruinous　effects　of　absurd　schemes　and
credit　mismanaged；　so　as　to　produce　gaming　and　madness　instead　of
industry；　can　be　any　just　objection　against　a　national　bank
calculated　purely　to　promote　industry？

255　Whether　a　scheme　for　the　welfare　of　this　nation　should　not
take　in　the　whole　inhabitants？　And　whether　it　be　not　a　vain
attempt；　to　project　the　flourishing　of　our　Protestant　gentry；
exclusive　of　the　bulk　of　the　natives？

256　Whether　an　oath；　testifying　allegiance　to　the　king；　and
disclaiming　the　pope's　authority　in　temporals；　may　not　be　justly
required　of　the　Roman　Catholics？　And　whether；　in　common　prudence
or　policy；　any　priest　should　be　tolerated　who　refuseth　to　take
it？

257　Whether　there　is　any　such　thing　as　a　body　of　inhabitants；　in
any　Roman　Catholic　country　under　the　sun；　that　profess　an
absolute　submission　to　the　pope's　orders　in　matters　of　an
indifferent　nature；　or　that　in　such　points　do　not　think　it　their
duty　to　obey　the　civil　government？

258　Whether　since　the　peace　of　Utrecht；　mass　was　not　celebrated
and　the　sacraments　administered　in　divers　dioceses　of　Sicily；
notwithstanding　the　Pope's　interdict？

259　Whether　a　sum　which　would　go　but　a　little　way　towards
erecting　hospitals　for　maintaining　and　educating　the　children　of
the　native　Irish　might　not　go　far　in　binding　them　out　apprentices
to　Protestant　masters；　for　husbandry；　useful　trades；　and　the
service　of　families？

260　Whether　there　be　any　instance　of　a　people's　being　converted
in　a　Christian　sense；　otherwise　than　by　preaching　to　them　and
instructing　them　in　their　own　language？

261　Whether　catechists　in　the　Irish　tongue　may　not　easily　be
procured　and　subsisted？　And　whether　this　would　not　be　the　most
practicable　means　for　converting　the　natives？

262　Whether　it　be　not　of　great　advantage　to　the　Church　of　Rome；
that　she　hath　clergy　suited　to　all　ranks　of　men；　in　gradual
subordination　from　cardinals　down　to　mendicants？

263　Whether　her　numerous　poor　clergy　are　not　very　useful　in
missions；　and　of　much　influence　with　the　people？

264　Whether；　in　defect　of　able　missionaries；　persons　conversant
in　low　life；　and　speaking　the　Irish　tongue；　if　well　instructed　in
the　first　principles　of　religion；　and　in　the　popish　controversy；
though　for　the　rest　on　a　level　with　the　parish　clerks；　or　the
school…masters　of　charity…schools；　may　not　be　fit　to　mix　with　and
bring　over　our　poor　illiterate　natives　to　the　Established　Church？
Whether　it　is　not　to　be　wished　that　some　parts　of　our　liturgy　and
homilies　were　publicly　read　in　the　Irish　language？　And　whether；
in　these　views；　it　may　not　be　right　to　breed　up　some　of　the
better　sort　of　children　in　the　charity…schools；　and　qualify　them
for　missionaries；　catechists；　and　readers？

265　Whether　a　squire　possessed　of　land　to　the　value　of　a　thousand
pounds　per　annum；　or　a　merchant　worth　twenty　thousand　pounds　in
cash；　would　have　most　power　to　do　good　or　evil　upon　any
emergency？　And　whether　the　suffering　Roman　Catholics　to　purchase
forfeited　lands　would　not　be　good　policy；　as　tending　to　unite
their　interest　with　that　of　the　government？

266　Whether　the　sea…ports　of　Galway；　Limerick；　Cork；　and
Waterford　are　not　to　be　looked　on　as　keys　of　this　kingdom？　And
whether　the　merchants　are　not　possessed　of　these　keys；　and　who
are　the　most　numerous　merchants　in　those　cities？

267　Whether　a　merchant　cannot　more　speedily　raise　a　sum；　more
easily　conceal　or　transfer　his　effects；　and　engage　in　any
desperate　design　with　more　safety；　than　a　landed　man；　whose
estate　is　a　pledge　for　his　behaviour？

268　Whether　a　wealthy　merchant　bears　not　great　sway　among　the
populace　of　a　trading　city？　And　whether　power　be　not　ultimately
lodged　in　the　people？

269　Whether；　as　others　have　supposed　an　Atlantis　or　Utopia；　we
also　may　not　suppose　an　Hyperborean　island　inhabited　by
reasonable　creatures？

270　Whether　an　indifferent　person；　who　looks　into　all　hands；　may
not　be　a　better　judge　of　the　game　than　a　party　who　sees　only　his
own？

271　Whether　there　be　any　country　in　Christendom　more　capable　of
improvement　than　Ireland？

272　Whether　we　are　not　as　far　before　other　nations　with　respect
to　natural　advantages；　as　we　are　behind　them　with　respect　to　arts
and　industry？

273　Whether　we　do　not　live　in　a　most　fertile　soil　and　temperate
climate；　and　yet　whether　our　people　in　general　do　not　feel　great
want　and　misery？

274　Whether　my　countrymen　are　not　readier　at　finding　excuses　than
remedies？

275　Whether　the　wealth　and　prosperity　of　our　country　do　not　hang
by　a　hair；　the　probity　of　one　banker；　the　caution　of　another；　and
the　lives　of　all？

276　Whether　we　have　not　been　sufficiently　admonished　of　this　by
some　late　events？

277　Whether　a　national　bank　would　not　at　once　secure　our
properties；　put　an　end　to　usury；　facilitate　commerce；　supply　the
want　of　coin；　and　produce　ready　payments　in　all　parts　of　the
kingdom？

278　Whether　the　use　or　nature　of　money；　which　all　men　so　eagerly
pursue；　be　yet　sufficiently　understood　or　considered　by　all？

279　What　doth　Aristotle　mean　by　saying　
〃Coin　seems　to　be　something　trivial。〃　…　De　repub。；　ix。　9？

280　Whether　mankind　are　not　governed　by　Citation　rather　than　by
reason？

281　Whether　there　be　not　a　measure　or　limit；　within　which　gold
and　silver　are　useful；　and　beyond　which　they　may　be　hurtful？

282　Whether　that　measure　be　not　the　circulating　of　industry？

283　Whether　a　discovery　of　the　richest　gold　mine　that　ever　was；
in　the　heart　of　this　kingdom；　would　be　a　real　advantagetous？

284　Whether　it　would　not　tempt　foreigners　to　prey　upon　us？

285　Whether　it　would　not　render　us　a　lazy；　proud；　and　dastardly
people？

286　Whether　every　man　who　had　money　enough　would　not　be　a
gentleman？　And　whether　a　nation　of　gentlemen　would　not　be　a
wretched　nation？

287　Whether　all　things　would　not　bear　a　high　price？　And　whether
men　would　not　increase　their　fortunes　without　being　the　better
for　it？

288　Whether　the　same　evils　would　be　apprehended　from　paper…money
under　an　honest　and　thrifty　regulation？

289　Whether；　therefore；　a　national　bank　would　not　be　more
beneficial　than　even　a　mine　of　gold？

290　Whether　without　private　banks　what　little　business　and
industry　there　is　would　not　stagnate？　But　whether　it　be　not　a
mighty　privilege　for　a　private　person　to　be　able　to　create　a
hundred　pounds　with　a　dash　of　his　pen？

291　Whether　the　wise　state　of　Venice　was　not　the　first　that
conceived　the　advantage　of　a　national　bank？

292　Whether　the　great　exactness　and　integrity　with　which　this
bank　is　managed　be　not　the　chief　support　of　that　republic？

293　Whether　the　bank　of　Amsterdam　was　not　begun　about　one　hundred
and　thirty　years　ago；　and　whether　at　this　day　its　stock　be　not
conceived　to　amount　to　three　thousand　tons　of　gold；　or　thirty
millions　sterling？

294　Whether　all　payments　of　contracts　for　goods　in　gross；　and
letters　of　exchange；　must　not　be　made　by　transfers　in　the
bank…books；　provided　the　sum　exceed　three　hundred　florins？

295　Whether　it　be　not　owing　to　this　bank　that　the　city　of
Amsterdam；　without　the　least　confusion；　hazard；　or　trouble；
maintains　and　every　day　promotes　so　general　and　quick　a
circulation　of　industry？

296　Whether　it　be　not　the　greatest　help　and　spur　to　commerce　that
property　can　be　so　readily　conveyed　and　so　well　secured　by　a
compte　en　banc；　that　is；　by　only　writing　one　man's　name　for
another's　in　the　bank…book？

297　Whether；　at　the　beginning　of　the　last　century；　those　who　had
lent　money　to　the　public　during　the　war　with　Spain　were　not
satisfied　by　the　sole　expedient　of　placing　their　names　in　a
compte　en　banc；　with　liberty　to　transfer　their　claims？

298　Whether　the　example　of　those　easy　transfers　in　the　compte　en
banc；　thus　casually　erected；　did　not　tempt　other　men　to　become
creditors　to　the　public；　in　order　to　profit　by　the　same　secure
and　expeditious　method　of　keeping　and　transferring　their　wealth？

299　Whether　this　compte　en　banc　hath　not　proved　better　than　a
mine　of　gold　to　Amsterdam？

300　Whether　that　city　may　not　be　said　to　owe　her　greatness　to　the
unpromising　accident　of　her　having　been　in　debt　more　than　she　was
able　to　Pay？

301　Whether　it　be　known　that　any　State　from　such　small
beginnings；　in　so　short　a　time；　ever　grew　to　so　great　wealth　and
power　as　the　province　of　Holland　hath　done；　and　whether　the　bank
of　Amsterdam　hath　not　been　the　real　cause　of　such　extraordinary
growth？

302　Whether　the　success　of　those　public　banks　in　Venice；
Amsterdam　and　Hamburg　would　not　naturally　produce　in　other　States
an　inclination　to　the　same　methods？

303　Whether　it　be　possible　for　a　national　bank　to　subsist　and
maintain　its　credit　under　a　French　government？

304　Whether　our　natural　appetites；　as　well　as　powers；　are　not
limited　to　their　respective　ends　and　uses？　But　whether　artificial
appetites　may　not　be　infinite？

305　Whether　the　simple　getting　of　money；　or　passing　it　from　hand
to　hand　without　industry；　be　an　object　worthy　of　a　wise
government？

306　Whether；　if　money　be　considered　as　an　end；　the　appetite
thereof　be　not　infinite？　But　whether　the　ends　of　money　itself　be
not　bounded？

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