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PART II.
OUTLINES OF DEBATES.
SUBJECTS.
1. Which does the greater Injury to Society, the
Miser or the Spendthrift?
2. Is universal Peace probable?
3. Which was the greatest Man, Bonaparte, Watt,
or Howard?
4. Which are of the greater Importance in Edu-
cation, the Classics or Mathematics?
5. Are Brutes endowed with Reason?
6. Is Duelling justifiable?
7. Is Modern equal to Ancient Oratory?
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8. Is the Character of Napoleon Bonaparte to be
admired?
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9. Was the Execution of Charles the First justi-
fiable?
10. Which is the more happy, a Barbarous, or a
Civilised, Man?
PART III.
QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION.
1. Which was the greater Man, Oliver Cromwell or
Napoleon Bonaparte? -
2. Was the Execution of Mary Queen of Scots
justifiable? -
3. Has the Invention of Gunpowder been of Benefit
to Mankind?
4. Which is the more valuable Member of Society,
a great Mechanician or a great Poet?
5. Which was the greater Orator, Demosthenes or
Cicero ?
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6. Which is the more despicable Character, the
Hypocrite or the Liar?
7. Has the Fear of Punishment, or the Hope of
Reward, the greater Influence on Human
Conduct?
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8. Is Corporal Punishment justifiable? -
9. Was Brutus justified in killing Cæsar?
10. Should Emulation be encouraged in Education? 268
11. Which was the greater Poet, Milton or Homer?
12. Is Military Renown a fit Object of Ambition?
13. Is Ambition a Vice or a Virtue?
14. Has Novel-reading a Moral Tendency?
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15. Is the Character of Queen Elizabeth deserving
of our Admiration?
270
16. Is England rising or falling as a Nation?
18. Which is the more valuable Metal, Gold or Iron? 271
19. Is War in any case justifiable?
22. Is Sporting justifiable?
23. Does not Virtue necessarily produce Happiness,
and does not Vice necessarily produce Misery,
in this Life?
24. From which does the Mind gain the more Know-
ledge, Reading or Observation?
25. Have the Gold Mines of Spain, or the Coal Mines
of England, been more beneficial to the World? 273
26. Which was the greater General, Hannibal or
27. Which was the greater Poet, Dryden or Pope?
28. Which has done the greater Service to Truth,
Philosophy or Poetry?
29. Is an Advocate justified in defending a Man
whom be knows to be Guilty of the Crime with
which he is charged?
30. Is it likely that England will sink into the Decay
which befell the Nations of Antiquity?
31. Are Lord Byron's Writings Moral in their Ten-
dency?
32. Do the Mechanicians of Modern equal those of
Ancient Times?
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276
33. Which is the greater Civiliser, the Statesman or
the Poet?
34. Which is the greater Writer, Charles Dickens
or Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton?
35. Is the Principle of Utility a safe Moral Guide? - 276
36. Was the Deposition of Louis XVI. justifiable?
37. Is the Use of Oaths for Civil Purposes expedient?
38. Is a Classical Education essential to an English
Gentleman ?
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277.
39. Are Colonies advantageous to the Mother Country? 277
40. Which does the most to produce Crime,-Poverty,
Wealth, or Ignorance?
41. Is the Unanimity required from Juries conducive
to the Attainment of the Ends of Justice?
42. Is it not the Duty of a Government to establish
a System of National Education ?
43. Are the Intellectual Faculties of the Dark Races
of Mankind essentially inferior to those of the
White?
278
44. Is Transportation a fit and effective Punish-
ment?
45. Should not all Punishment be Reformatory?
46. Is a Limited Monarchy, like that of England, the
best Form of Government?
47. Is not Private Virtue essentially requisite to
Greatness of Public Character?
279
48. Is Eloquence a gift of Nature, or may it be ac-
quired?
280
49. Is Genius an Innate Capacity?
50. Is a Rude or a Refined Age the more favourable
to the Production of Works of Imagination?
51. Is the Shaksperian the Augustan Age of English
Literature?
52. Is there any Standard of Taste?
281
53. Ought Pope to rank in the First Class of Poets? 281
54. Has the Introduction of Machinery been generally
beneficial to Mankind?
55. Which produce the greater Happiness, the Plea-
sures of Hope or of Memory?
282
56. Is the Existence of Parties in a State favourable
to the Public Welfare?
57. Is there any Ground for believing in the ulti-
mate Perfection and universal Happiness of the
Human Race?
58. Is Co-operation more adapted to promote the
Virtue and Happiness of Mankind than Com-
petition ?
59. Was the Banishment of Napoleon to St. Helena
60. Ought Persons to be excluded from Civil Offices
on account of their Religious Opinions?
61. Which exercises the greater Influence in the Civi-
lisation and Happiness of the Human Race,
the Male or the Female Mind?
62. Which did the most to produce the French Revo-
lution-the Tyranny of the Government, the
Excesses of the Higher Orders, or the Writings
of Voltaire, Montesquieu, and Rousseau ?
63. Which was the greater Poet, Byron or Burns?
64. Is there reasonable Ground for believing that the
Character of Richard the Third was not so
Atrocious as is generally supposed?
284
65. Does Happiness or Misery preponderate in Life? 285
66. Should the Press be totally Free?
67. Do modern Geological Discoveries agree with
Holy Writ?
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286
68. Did Circumstances justify the first French Revo-
lution?
69. Could not Arbitration be made a Substitute for
War?
70. Are Annual, Triennial, or Septennial Parlia-
ments, most in harmony with the British Con-
stitution and Character?
71. Which Character is the more to be admired, that
of Loyola or Luther?
72. Are there good Grounds for applying the Term
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to the Middle Ages?
73. Which was the greater Poet, Chatterton or
74. Are Public or Private Schools to be preferred? 288
75. Is the System of Education pursued at the Uni-
versities, in accordance with the Requirements
of the Age?
78. Which was the greatest Hero, Alexander, Cæsar,
or Bonaparte?
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