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Quotation from A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift

“I shall now therefore humbly propose my own thoughts, which I hope will not be liable to the least objection”

Jonathan Swift

A Modest Proposal, Pamphlet

Portrait of Jonathan Swift

Swift's persona adopts bureaucratic politeness before revealing the horror of the proposal.

Citation: "I shall now therefore humbly propose my own thoughts, which I hope will not be liable to the least objection" — Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal, Pamphlet. (id a-modest-proposal-q1)

Portrait: A Modest Proposal 1729 Cover, Jonathan Swift, Public domain.

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