219. Qu. Whether a state of servitude, wherein he should be well worked, fed, and clothed, would not be a preferment to such a fellow?
220. Qu. Whether criminals in the freest country may not forfeit their liberty, and repair the damage they have done the public by hard labour?
221. Qu. What the word 'servant' signifies in the New Testament?
222. Qu. Whether the view of criminals chained in pairs and kept at hard labour would not be very edifying to the multitude?
223. Qu. Whether the want of such an institution be not plainly seen in England, where the disbelief of a future state hardeneth rogues against the fear of death, and where, through the great growth of robbers and housebreakers, it becomes every day more necessary?
224. Qu. Whether it be not easier to prevent than to remedy, and whether we should not profit by the example of others?
225. Qu. Whether felons are not often spared, and therefore encouraged, by the compassion of those who should prosecute them?
226. Qu. Whether many that would not take away the life of a thief may not nevertheless be willing to bring him to a more adequate punishment?
227. Qu. Whether there should not be a difference between the treatment of criminals and that of other slaves?
228. Qu. Whether the most indolent would be fond of idleness, if they regarded it as the sure road to hard labour?