A Modest Proposal For preventing the children of poor people in Ireland, from being a burden on their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the publick

Name: A Modest Proposal For preventing the children of poor people in Ireland, from being a burden on their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the publick
Author: Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift · 1729

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This 1729 political satire by Jonathan Swift proposes a shocking solution for poor children in Ireland. Swift suggests making these infants beneficial to the public by selling them as food to alleviate the financial burden on the nation.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

Topic: Other Non-Fiction Essays and criticism Essays on society, morals, and ideas Politics, reform, and the modern age
Reader: Adults Other Non-Fiction Essays and criticism Essays on society, morals, and ideas

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