Chapter 14

           InthevolantLandofLaputa,accordingtothejournalofLemuelGulliverrecountinghisTravelsintoSeveralRemoteNationsoftheWorld,nopersonofimportanceeverlistenedorspokewithoutthehelpofaservant,knownasa"climenole"inLaputianor"flapper"inroughEnglishtranslation,assuchaServant’sonlydutywastoflapthemouthandearsofhismasterwithadriedbladderwhenever,intheopinionoftheservant,itwasdesirableforhismastertospeakorlisten.

           WithouttheconsentofhisflapperitwasimpossibletogaintheattentionofanyLaputianofthemasterclass.

           Gulliver’sjournalisusuallyregardedbyTerransasapackofliescomposedbyasourchurchman.Asmaybe,therecanbenodoubtthat,atthistime,the"flapper"systemwaswidelyusedontheplanetEarthandhadbeenextended,refined,andmultiplieduntilaLaputianwouldnothaverecognizeditotherthaninspirit.

           Inanearlier,simplerdayoneprimedutyofanyTerransovereignwastomakehimselfpubliclyavailableonfrequentoccasionssothateventhelowliestmightcomebeforehimwithoutanyintermediaryofanysortanddemandjudgment.TracesofthisaspectofprimitivesovereigntypersistedonEarthlongafterkingsbecamescarceandimpotent.ItcontinuedtobetherightofanEnglishmanto"CryHarold!"althoughfewknewitandnonedidit.Successfulcitypoliticalbossesheldopencourtallthroughthetwentiethcentury,leavingwidetheirofficedoorsandlisteningtoanygandydancerorbindlestiffwhocamein.

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