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1、AModestProposalAModestProposal(forpreventingthechildrenofpoorpeopleinIreland,frombeingaburdenontheirparentsorcountry,andformakingthembeneficialtothepublick.)byDr.JonathanSwift.17291AModestProposalItisamelancholyobjecttothose,whowalkthroughthisgreattown,ortravelinthecoun
2、try,whentheyseethestreets,theroadsandcabbin-doorscrowdedwithbeggarsofthefemalesex,followedbythree,four,orsixchildren,allinrags,andimportuningeverypassengerforanalms.Thesemothersinsteadofbeingabletoworkfortheirhonestlivelihood,areforcedtoemployalltheirtimeinstrolingtobeg
3、sustenancefortheirhelplessinfantswho,astheygrowup,eitherturnthievesforwantofwork,orleavetheirdearnativecountry,tofightforthePretenderinSpain,orsellthemselvestotheBarbadoes.Ithinkitisagreedbyallparties,thatthisprodigiousnumberofchildreninthearms,oronthebacks,orattheheels
4、oftheirmothers,andfrequentlyoftheirfathers,isinthepresentdeplorablestateofthekingdom,averygreatadditionalgrievance;andthereforewhoevercouldfindoutafair,cheapandeasymethodofmakingthesechildrensoundandusefulmembersofthecommon-wealth,woulddeservesowellofthepublick,astohave
5、hisstatuesetupforapreserverofthenation.Butmyintentionisveryfarfrombeingconfinedtoprovideonlyforthechildrenofprofessedbeggars:itisofamuchgreaterextent,andshalltakeinthewholenumberofinfantsatacertainage,whoarebornofparentsineffectaslittleabletosupportthem,asthosewhodemand
6、ourcharityinthestreets.Astomyownpart,havingturnedmythoughtsformanyyears,uponthisimportantsubject,andmaturelyweighedtheseveralschemesofourprojectors,Ihavealwaysfoundthemgrosslymistakenintheircomputation.Itistrue,achildjustdroptfromitsdam,maybesupportedbyhermilk,forasolar
7、year,withlittleothernourishment:atmostnotabovethevalueoftwoshillings,whichthemothermaycertainlyget,orthevalueinscraps,byherlawfuloccupationofbegging;anditisexactlyatoneyearoldthatIproposetoprovidefortheminsuchamanner,as,insteadofbeingachargeupontheirparents,ortheparish,
8、orwantingfoodandraimentfortherestoftheirlives,theyshall,onthecontrary,contributetothefeeding,andpartlytotheclo
