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1、TheQueristbyGeorgeBerkley1735PublishedinDublininthreeparts,1735,1736,1737.Anonymous.TheQueristcontainingseveralQueriesproposedtotheconsiderationofthePublicItheLordhavebroughtdownthehightree,haveexaltedthelowtree,havedriedupthegreentree,andhavemadethedrytreetoflourish.--E
2、zek.xvii,24.AdvertisementbytheAuthorTheQueristwasfirstpublishedintheyearonethousandsevenhundredandthirty-five;sincewhichtimethefaceofthingsissomewhatchanged.Inthiseditionsomealterationshavebeenmade.ThethreePartsarepublishedinone;somefewQueriesareadded,andmanyomitted,part
3、icularlyofthoserelatingtothesketchorplanofanationalbank,whichitmaybetimeenoughtotakeagaininhandwhenthepublicshallseemdisposedtomakeuseofsuchanexpedient.IhaddeterminedwithmyselfnevertoprefixmynametotheQuerist,butinthelasteditionwasoverruledbyafriend,whowasremarkableforpur
4、suingthepublicinterestwithasmuchdiligenceasothersdotheirown.IapprehendthesamecensureonthisthatIincurreduponanotheroccasion,formeddlingoutofmyprofession;thoughtofeedthehungryandclothethenaked,bypromotinganhonestindustry,will,perhaps,bedeemednoimproperemploymentforaclergym
5、anwhostillthingshimselfamemberofthecommonwealth.Asthesumofhumanhappinessissupposedtoconsistinthegoodsofmind,body,andfortune,Iwouldfainmakemystudiesofsomeusetomankindwithregardtoeachofthesethreeparticulars,andhopeitwillnotbethoughtfaultyorindecentinanyman,ofwhatprofession
6、soever,toofferhismitetowardsimprovingthemanners,health,andprosperityofhisfellow-creatures.QUERY1Whetherthereeverwas,is,orwillbe,anindustriousnationpoor,oranidlerich?2Whetherapeoplecanbecalledpoor,wherethecommonsortarewellfed,clothed,andlodged?3Whetherthedriftandaimofever
7、ywiseStateshouldnotbe,toencourageindustryinitsmembers?Andwhetherthosewhoemployneitherheadsnorhandsforthecommonbenefitdeservenottobeexpelledlikedronesoutofawell-governedState?4Whetherthefourelements,andman'slabourtherein,benotthetruesourceofwealth?5Whethermoneybenotonlyso
8、faruseful,asitstirrethupindustry,enablingmenmutuallytoparticipatethefruitsofeachother'slabour?6Whethera
