Путешествие Гулливера

Chapter 5

           Heaskedme,"whatweretheusualcausesormotivesthatmadeonecountrygotowarwithanother?"Ianswered"theywereinnumerable;butIshouldonlymentionafewofthechief.Sometimestheambitionofprinces,whoneverthinktheyhavelandorpeopleenoughtogovern;sometimesthecorruptionofministers,whoengagetheirmasterinawar,inordertostifleordiverttheclamourofthesubjectsagainsttheireviladministration.Differenceinopinionshascostmanymillionsoflives:forinstance,whetherfleshbebread,orbreadbeflesh;whetherthejuiceofacertainberrybebloodorwine;whetherwhistlingbeaviceoravirtue;whetheritbebettertokissapost,orthrowitintothefire;whatisthebestcolourforacoat,whetherblack,white,red,orgray;andwhetheritshouldbelongorshort,narroworwide,dirtyorclean;withmanymore.Neitherareanywarssofuriousandbloody,orofsolongacontinuance,asthoseoccasionedbydifferenceinopinion,especiallyifitbeinthingsindifferent.

           "Sometimesthequarrelbetweentwoprincesistodecidewhichofthemshalldispossessathirdofhisdominions,whereneitherofthempretendtoanyright.Sometimesoneprincequarrelswithanotherforfeartheothershouldquarrelwithhim.Sometimesawarisenteredupon,becausetheenemyistoostrong;andsometimes,becauseheistooweak.Sometimesourneighbourswantthethingswhichwehave,orhavethethingswhichwewant,andwebothfight,tilltheytakeours,orgiveustheirs.

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