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1、AModestProposalForPreventingtheChildrenofPoorPeopleinIreland,fromBeingaBurdenonTheirParentsorCountry,andforMakingThemBeneficialtothePublickByJonathanSwiftEditedandannotatedbyJackLynchSwiftwasIrish,andthoughhemuchpreferredlivinginEngland,heresentedBritishpoliciestowardtheIrish.InalettertoPo
2、peof1729,hewrote,"Imagineanationthetwo-thirdsofwhoserevenuesarespentoutofit,andwhoarenotpermittedtotradewiththeotherthird,andwheretheprideofthewomenwillnotsuffer[allow]themtoweartheirownmanufacturesevenwheretheyexcelwhatcomefromabroad:ThisisthetruestateofIrelandinaveryfewwords."Hissupportf
3、orIrishcauseshasmadehimarenownedfigureinmodernIreland.Theparagraphnumbershavebeenaddedforthisedition.[1]ItisamelanchollyObjecttothose,whowalkthroughthisgreatTown, 1 ortravelintheCountry,whentheyseetheStreets,theRoads,andCabbin-Doors,crowdedwithBeggarsofthefemaleSex,followedbythree,four,ors
4、ixChildren,allinRags,andimportuningeveryPassengerforanAlms.TheseMothersinsteadofbeingabletoworkfortheirhonestlivelyhood,areforcedtoemployalltheirtimeinStroling,tobegSustenancefortheirhelplessInfants,who,astheygrowupeitherturnThievesforwantofwork,orleavetheirdearnativeCountrytofightforthePr
5、etenderinSpain, 2 orsellthemselvestotheBarbadoes. 3 [2]IthinkitisagreedbyallParties,thatthisprodigiousnumberofChildren,intheArms,orontheBacks,orattheheelsoftheirMothers,andfrequentlyoftheirFathers,isinthepresentdeplorablestateoftheKingdom,averygreatadditionalgrievance;andthereforewhoeverco
6、uldfindoutafair,cheapandeasymethodofmakingtheseChildrensoundandusefulMembersofthecommon-wealthwoulddeservesowellofthepublick,astohavehisStatuesetupforapreserveroftheNation.[3]ButmyIntentionisveryfarfrombeingconfinedtoprovideonlyfortheChildrenofprofessedbeggars,itisofamuchgreaterextent,ands
7、halltakeinthewholenumberofInfantsatacertainAge,whoarebornofParentsineffectaslittleabletosupportthem,asthosewhodemandourCharityintheStreets.[4]Astomyownpart,havingturnedmythoughtsformanyYears,uponthisimportantSubject,andmaturelyweighedtheseveralSchemesofotherPr
