COMPLETE DEBATES, OUTLINES OF DEBATES,

AND QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION;

WITH

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REFERENCES TO THE BEST SOURCES OF INFORMATION ON
EACH PARTICULAR TOPIC.

BY

FREDERIC ROWTON,

LECTURER ON GENERAL LITERATURE;

AUTHOR OF "CAPITAL PUNISHMENT REVIEWED,

ETC. ETC.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR

LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS,

PATERNOSTER-ROW.

1846.

1. Which is of the greatest benefit to his Country-

the Warrior, the Statesman,―or the Poet?

2. Are the Mental Capacities of the Sexes equal?

3. Is Capital Punishment justifiable?

4. Does Morality increase with Civilisation?

5. Has the Stage a Moral Tendency?

6. Have the Crusades been beneficial to Mankind?

7. Is the character of Oliver Cromwell worthy of our

admiration?

8. Which was the greater Poet

Milton ?

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9. Which has done the greater service to mankind --

the Printing Press, or the Steam Engine?

10. Which does the most to make the Orator-

Knowledge, Nature, or Art?

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PART II.

OUTLINES OF DEBATES.

SUBJECTS.

1. Which does the greater injury to Society- the

Miser, or the Spendthrift?

*. Is Universal Peace probable?

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3. Which was the greatest man,·

-or Howard?

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4. Which are of the greater importance in educa-

tion-the Classics, or Mathematics?

5. Are Brutes endowed with Reason?

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6. Is Duelling justifiable?

7. Is Modern equal to Ancient Oratory?

8. Is the Character of Napoleon Bonaparte to be

9. Was the Execution of Charles the First justi-

fiable?

10. Which is the more happy a Barbarous, or a

1. Which was the greater man, Oliver Cromwell or

Napoleon Bonaparte?

2. Was the Execution of Mary Queen of Scots

justifiable?

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3. Has the Invention of Gunpowder been of Benefit

to Mankind?

4. Which is the more valuable member of society

a great Mechanician, or a great Poet?

5. Which was the greater orator, Demosthenes or

Cicero ?

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6. Which is the more despicable character, the

Hypocrite or the Liar?

7. Has the Fear of Punishment, or the Hope of

Reward, the greater Influence on Human

Conduct?

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8. Is Corporal Punishment justifiable?

9. Was Brutus justified in killing Cæsar?

10. Should Emulation be encouraged in Education?

11. Which was the greater Poet, Milton or Homer? -

12. Is Military Renown a fit Object of Ambition? -

13. Is Ambition a Vice or a Virtue?

14. Has Novel-reading a Moral Tendency?

15. Is the Character of Queen Elizabeth deserving

of our Admiration ?

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16. Is England rising or falling as a Nation?

17. Has Nature or Education the greater Influence

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in the Formation of Character?

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18. Which is the more valuable Metal, Gold or Iron? 269

19. Is War in any case justifiable?

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20. Has the Discovery of America been Beneficial

to the World?

21. Can any Circumstances justify a Departure from

Truth?

22. Is Sporting justifiable?

23. Does not Virtue necessarily produce Happiness,

and does not Vice necessarily produce Misery,

in this Life?

24. From which does the Mind gain the more Know-

ledge, Reading or Observation?