Путешествие Гулливера

Chapter 8

           Aseverypersoncalledupmadeexactlythesameappearancehehaddoneintheworld,itgavememelancholyreflectionstoobservehowmuchtheraceofhumankindwasdegeneratedamonguswithinthesehundredyearspast;howthepox,underallitsconsequencesanddenominationshadalteredeverylineamentofanEnglishcountenance;shortenedthesizeofbodies,unbracedthenerves,relaxedthesinewsandmuscles,introducedasallowcomplexion,andrenderedthefleshlooseandrancid.

           Idescendedsolow,astodesiresomeEnglishyeomanoftheoldstampmightbesummonedtoappear;oncesofamousforthesimplicityoftheirmanners,diet,anddress;forjusticeintheirdealings;fortheirtruespiritofliberty;fortheirvalour,andloveoftheircountry.NeithercouldIbewhollyunmoved,aftercomparingthelivingwiththedead,whenIconsideredhowallthesepurenativevirtueswereprostitutedforapieceofmoneybytheirgrand-children;who,insellingtheirvotesandmanagingatelections,haveacquiredeveryviceandcorruptionthatcanpossiblybelearnedinacourt.

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