Instead of dirt and poison we have rather chosen to fill our hives with honey and wax; thus furnishing mankind with the two noblest of things, which are sweetness and light.
— Jonathan Swift Early Modern

Gulliver's Travels

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The Battle of the Books (preface)

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1704

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Humorous

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