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A Modest Proposal

A Modest Proposal

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By Jonathan Swift

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A satirical essay written and published anonymously by Jonathan Swift in 1729, which suggests poor Irish might ease their economic difficulties by selling their children to the rich -- to be used as a food source.
A satirical essay written and published anonymously by Jonathan Swift in 1729, which suggests poor Irish might ease their economic difficulties by selling their children to the rich -- to be used as a food source.
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