Путешествие Гулливера

Chapter 5

           Forinstance,inthecasealreadymentioned;theyneverdesiretoknowwhatclaimortitlemyadversaryhastomycow;butwhetherthesaidcowwereredorblack;herhornslongorshort;whetherthefieldIgrazeherinberoundorsquare;whethershewasmilkedathomeorabroad;whatdiseasessheissubjectto,andthelike;afterwhichtheyconsultprecedents,adjournthecausefromtimetotime,andinten,twenty,orthirtyyears,cometoanissue.

           "Itislikewisetobeobserved,thatthissocietyhasapeculiarcantandjargonoftheirown,thatnoothermortalcanunderstand,andwhereinalltheirlawsarewritten,whichtheytakespecialcaretomultiply;wherebytheyhavewhollyconfoundedtheveryessenceoftruthandfalsehood,ofrightandwrong;sothatitwilltakethirtyyearstodecide,whetherthefieldleftmebymyancestorsforsixgenerationsbelongstome,ortoastrangerthreehundredmilesoff.

           "Inthetrialofpersonsaccusedforcrimesagainstthestate,themethodismuchmoreshortandcommendable:thejudgefirstsendstosoundthedispositionofthoseinpower,afterwhichhecaneasilyhangorsaveacriminal,strictlypreservingalldueformsoflaw."

           Heremymasterinterposing,said,"itwasapity,thatcreaturesendowedwithsuchprodigiousabilitiesofmind,astheselawyers,bythedescriptionIgaveofthem,mustcertainlybe,werenotratherencouragedtobeinstructorsofothersinwisdomandknowledge."

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