Mr. Mac Quedy.—Well, say any percentage you please.
The Rev. Dr. Folliott.—I will not say any percentage at all.
Mr. Mac Quedy.—“On the principle of the division of labour—”
The Rev. Dr. Folliott.—Government was invented to spend a percentage.
Mr. Mac Quedy.—To save a percentage.
The Rev. Dr. Folliott.—No, sir, to spend a percentage; and a good deal more than two and a half percent. Two hundred and fifty per cent.: that is intelligible.
Mr. Mac Quedy.—“In the infancy of society—”
Mr. Toogood.—Never mind the infancy of society. The question is of society in its maturity. Here is what it should be. (Producing a paper.) I have laid it down in a diagram.
Mr. Skionar.—Before we proceed to the question of government, we must nicely discriminate the boundaries of sense, understanding, and reason. Sense is a receptivity—
Mr. Crotchet, jun.—We are proceeding too fast. Money being all that is wanted to regenerate society, I will put into the hands of this company a large sum for the purpose. Now let us see how to dispose of it.