NOTE.-Philosophy is here meant to signify intellectual wisdom; and poetry, that inspiration respecting truth which great poets exhibit, and which seems to be quite independent of acquired knowledge. Philosophy is cultivated reason, poetry is a moral instinct towards the True and Beautiful. To decide the question we must see what we owe on the one hand to the discoveries of our philosophers; -to Socrates, Plato, Epicurus, Bacon, Newton, Locke: and on the other, for what amount and sort of truth we are indebted to the intuition and inspiration of our poets, as Homer, Milton, Dante, Shakspere. 29. Is an Advocate justified in defending a Man whom he knows to be Guilty of the Crime with which he is charged? See SYDNEY SMITH'S WORKS, vol. i. "On Counsel being allowed to Prisoners." BENTHAM. JUDICIAL ESTABLISHMENT. BROUGHAM ON THE DUTY OF A BARRISTER. PALEY'S MORAL PHILOSOPHY. PUNCH'S LETTERS TO HIS SON. "On the Choice of a Profession." SYDNEY TAYLOR'S WORKS, vol. i. pp. 102, 103. 30. Is it likely that England will sink into the Decay which befell the Nations of Antiquity? See PLAYFAIR'S ENQUIRY INTO THE FALL OF NA TIONS. BACON'S ESSAY ON KINGDOMS. T See VOLNEY'S RUINS OF EMPIRES. GIBBON'S DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN SOUTHEY'S PROGRESS AND PROSPECTS OF So CIETY. VAUGHAN'S AGE OF GREAT CITIES. 31. Are Lord Byron's Writings Moral in their Tendency? See LORD JEFFREY'S ESSAYS, vol. ii. pp. 366-371. MACAULAY'S CRITICAL ESSAYS, vol. i. pp. 311. 352. SYDNEY TAYLOR'S WORKS, p. 288. NOTE. The works of Byron must here be looked at as a whole, and not be judged by isolated passages: they must be tried, too, by eternal, and not by fashionable, morality. 32. Do the Mechanicians of Modern equal those of Ancient Times? See FOSBROOKE AND DUNHAM'S ROMAN ARTS AND MANUFACTURES. GREEK DITTO. WILKINSON'S ANCIENT EGYPT. PETTIGREW'S DITTO. MAURICE'S ANCIENT HINDOSTAN. HEEREN'S HISTORICAL RESEARCHES. 33. Which is the greater Civilizer, the Statesman or the Poet? See Debate, No. I. p. 1. CARLYLE'S HERO-WORSHIP. "The Hero as Poet." 34. Which is the greater Writer, Charles Dickens or Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton? See THE EDINBURGH REVIEW, THE QUARTERLY, BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE, HORNE'S SPIRIT OF THE AGE, FRASER'S MAGAZINE: various articles on the subject during the last ten years. 35. Is the Principle of Utility a safe Moral Guide? See BENTHAM'S WORKS; LORD JEFFREY'S ESSAYS, vol. iii. pp. 303-310. MADAME DE STAEL'S OPINIONS THEREON. An able article on the subject in the NEW ROBERT HALL ON EXPEDIENCY. PALEY'S MORAL PHILOSOPHY. HUME'S ESSAYS. "Why Utility pleases." 15, 16. 193. and 242. DYMOND'S ESSAYS, pp. 4. 28. 123. 36. Was the Deposition of Louis XVI. justifiable? See CARLYLE'S, THIERS', DE STAEL'S, AND MACFARLANE'S HISTORY OF THE FRENCH REVO LUTION. SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH'S WORKS, vol. iii. LORD JEFFREY'S ESSAYS, vol. ii. pp. 40—45. 37. Is the Use of Oaths for Civil Purposes expedient? See BENTHAM'S TRACT ON THE NEEDLESSNESS OF AN OATH. HANSARD. SUBJECT." "DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT ON THIS DYMOND'S ESSAYS, pp. 58-67. 38. Is a Classical Education essential to an English Gentleman? See MILTON ON EDUCATION. WHEWELL'S UNIVERSITY EDUCATION. LOCKE'S THOUGHTS ON EDUCATION. AMOS'S LECTURES ON THE ADVANTAGES OF A CLASSICAL EDUCATION. ROBERT HALL ON CLASSICAL LEARNING. SYDNEY SMITH'S WORKS, vol. i. pp. 183–199. 39. Are Colonies advantageous to the Mother Country? See M'CULLOCH'S EDITION OF SMITH'S WEALTH OF NATIONS. MERIVALE'S LECTURES ON COLONIES. TORRENS ON COLONISATION. SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH'S WORKS, vol. iii. p. 325. BRANDE'S DICTIONARY OF SCIENCE, LITERA TURE, AND ART. works there quoted. Art. "Colonies," and the 40. Which does the most to produce Crime,-Poverty, Wealth, or Ignorance? See DUMAS'S CELEBRATED CRIMES. BACON ON THE USES OF KNOWLEDGE. DR. HARRIS'S MAMMON. FOSTER'S ESSAY ON THE EVILS OF POPULAR ROBERT HALL ON THE HARDSHIPS OF POVERTY. EDINBURGH REVIEW, vol. xlviii. pp. 176-181. 41. Is the Unanimity required from Juries conducive to the Attainment of the Ends of Justice? See BLACKSTONE'S COMMENTARIES ON THE LAWS. BENTHAM'S JUDICIAL ESTABLISHMENT. |