57. Is there any Ground for believing in the ultimate Perfection and universal Happiness of the Human Race? See SOUTHEY'S PROGRESS AND PROSPECTS OF SoCIETY. CHANNING'S WORKS, generally. FICHTE'S DESTINATION OF MAN. Translated by Mrs. SINNEtt. LORD JEFFREY'S ESSAYS, vol. i. pp. 85—92.; ii. p. 212, &c.. 58. Is Co-operation more adapted to Promote the Virtue and Happiness of Mankind than Competition? See CHANNING'S REMARKS ON ASSOCIATIONS. REPORT OF THE CO-OPERATION KNOWLEDGE 59. Was the Banishment of Napoleon to St. Helena a justifiable proceeding? See SIR W. SCOTT'S LIFE OF NAPOLEON. ALISON'S HISTORY OF EUROPE. HAZLITT'S LIFE OF NAPOLEON. MONTHOLON'S MEMOIRS OF NAPOLEON. BOURRIENNE'S Do. HISTORY OF THE FRENCH EMPIRE. BY THIERS. 60. Ought Persons to be excluded from Civil Offices on account of their Religious Opinions? See LOCKE'S THOUGHTS ON TOLERATION. See Sir G. MACKENZIE ON BIGOTRY. BACON ON UNITY OF RELIGIONS. T. MOORE ON CORRUPTION AND INTOLERANCE. PETER PLYMLEY'S LETTERS. SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH'S WORKS, vol. ii. p. 116. SYDNEY SMITH'S WORKS, vol.i. p. 232.; vol. ii. p. 1-23. MACAULAY'S CRITICAL ESSAYS, vol. ii. pp. 432-502. 61. Which exercises the greater Influence in the Civilisation and Happiness of the Human Race, the Male, or the Female mind? See AIMÉ MARTIN ON THE EDUCATION OF MOTHERS. WOMAN AND HER MASTER. BY LADY MORGAN. MALES. PRIESTS, WOMEN, AND FAMILIES. BY MICHELET. FEMALE DISCIPLE OF THE EARLY CHRISTIAN SYDNEY SMITH'S WORKS, vol. i. pp. 200-220. 62. Which did the most to produce the French Revolution-the Tyranny of the Government, the Excesses of the Higher Orders, or the Writings of Voltaire, Montesquieu, and Rous seau ? See LORD JEFFREY'S ESSAYS, vol. ii. pp. 56-104. See CARLYLE'S FRENCH REVOLUTION. ALISON'S HISTORY OF EUROPE. THIERS' HISTORY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. MIGNET'S Do. SMYTH'S LECTURES ON MODERN HISTORY. DE STAEL'S CONSIDERATIONS ON THE FRENCH BURKE ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. NIEBUHR'S AGE OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH'S WORKS, vol. iii. pp. 1-352. 63. Which was the greater Poet, Byron or Burns? See CARLYLE'S HERO-WORSHIP. Poet." "The Hero as LORD JEFFREY'S ESSAYS, ii. pp. 389–421. CARLYLE'S MISCELLANIES. LOCKHART'S LIFE OF BURNS. "Burns." SYDNEY TAYLOR'S WORKS, p. 288, &c. See also Authorities quoted in Question 31. 64. Is there reasonable Ground for believing that the Character of Richard the Third was not so Atrocious as is generally supposed? See HALSEY'S RICHARD THE THIRD. 65. Does Happiness or Misery preponderate in Life? See DR. JOHNSON. DISCONTENT THE COMMON LOT JEREMY TAYLOR'S SERMON "VIA INTELLI- SIR G. MACKENZIE'S "HAPPINESS." GOLDSMITH ON THE LOVE Of Life. POPE ON HAPPINESS. THOMSON ON THE MISERIES OF LIFE. POLLOCK ON HAPPINESS. (Course of Time). PALEY ON THE HAPPINESS OF THE WORLD. (Natural Theology).. BURNS'S POEM, "MAN WAS MADE TO MOURN.” 66. Should the Press be totally Free? See MILTON ON THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS. CURRAN'S SPEECHES FOR ROWAN AND FINNERTY. THOUGHTS ON RESTRAINT IN THE PUBLICATION OF OPINION. By the Author of Essays on the "Formation of Opinion." SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH'S WORKS, vol. iii. LORD ERSKINE'S SPEECHES ON THE LIBERTY OF HUME'S ESSAY ON THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS. 67. Do modern Geological Discoveries agree with Holy Writ? See LYELL'S ELEMENTS OF GEOLOGY. DR. PYE SMITH ON GEOLOGY. VESTIGES OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF CREA TION. PHILLIPS' GEOLOGY. HUMBOLDT'S COSMOS. ANSTED'S GEOLOGY. G. F. RICHARDSON ON GEOLOGY. See also a series of Articles and Letters in the "TIMES" Newspaper, of September and Oc tober, 1845. |