the querist-第7章

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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？

307　Whether　the　total　sum　of　all　other　powers；　be　it　of　enjoyment
or　action；　which　belong　to　man；　or　to　all　mankind　together；　is
not　in　truth　a　very　narrow　and　limited　quantity？　But　whether
fancy　is　not　boundless？

308　Whether　this　capricious　tyrant；　which　usurps　the　place　of
reason；　doth　not　most　cruelly　torment　and　delude　those　poor　men；
the　usurers；　stockjobbers；　and　projectors；　of　content　to
themselves　from　heaping　up　riches；　that　is；　from　gathering
counters；　from　multiplying　figures；　from　enlarging　denominations；
without　knowing　what　they　would　be　at；　and　without　having　a
proper　regard　to　the　use　or　end　or　nature　of　things？

309　Whether　the　ignis　fatuus　of　fancy　doth　not　kindle　immoderate
desires；　and　lead　men　into　endless　pursuits　and　wild　labyrinths？

310　Whether　counters　be　not　referred　to　other　things；　which；　so
long　as　they　keep　pace　and　proportion　with　the　counters；　it　must
be　owned　the　counters　are　useful；　but　whether　beyond　that　to
value　or　covet　counters　be　not　direct　folly？

311　Whether　the　public　aim　ought　not　to　be；　that　men's　industry
should　supply　their　present　wants；　and　the　overplus　be　converted
into　a　stock　of　power？

312　Whether　the　better　this　power　is　secured；　and　the　more　easily
it　is　transferred；　industry　be　not　so　much　the　more　encouraged？

313　Whether　money；　more　than　is　expedient　for　those　purposes；　be
not　upon　the　whole　hurtful　rather　than　beneficial　to　a　State？

314　Whether　the　promoting　of　industry　should　not　be　always　in
view；　as　the　true　and　sole　end；　the　rule　and　measure；　of　a
national　bank？　And　whether　all　deviations　from　that　object　should
not　be　carefully　avoided？

315　Whether　it　may　not　be　useful；　for　supplying　manufactures　and
trade　with　stock；　for　regulating　exchange；　for　quickening
commerce；　for　putting　spirit　into　the　people？

316　Whether　we　are　sufficiently　sensible　of　the　peculiar　security
there　is　in　having　a　bank　that　consists　of　land　and　paper；　one　of
which　cannot　be　exported；　and　the　other　is　in　no　danger　of　being
exported？

317　Whether　it　be　not　delightful　to　c