169. Qu. Whether the public happiness be not proposed by the legislature, and whether such happiness doth not contain that of the individuals?
170. Qu. Whether, therefore, a legislator should be content with a vulgar share of knowledge? Whether he should not be a person of reflexion and thought, who hath made it his study to understand the true nature and interest of mankind, how to guide men's humours and passions, how to incite their active powers, how to make their several talents co-operate to the mutual benefit of each other, and the general good of the whole?
171. Qu. Whether it doth not follow that above all things a gentleman's care should be to keep his own faculties sound and entire?
172. Qu. Whether the natural phlegm of this island needs any additional stupefier?
173. Qu. Whether all spirituous liquors are not in truth opiates?
174. Qu. Whether our men of business are not generally very grave by fifty?
175. Qu. Whether there be really among us any parents so silly, as to encourage drinking in their children?
176. Qu. Whence it is, that our ladies are more alive, and bear age so much better than our gentlemen?
177. Qu. Whether all men have not faculties of mind or body which may be employed for the public benefit?
178. Qu. Whether the main point be not to multiply and employ our people?