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1、文档AModestProposalForPreventingtheChildrenofPoorPeopleinIreland,fromBeingaBurdenonTheirParentsorCountry,andforMakingThemBeneficialtothePublickByJonathanSwiftEditedandannotatedbyJackLynchSwiftwasIrish,andthoughhemuchpreferredlivinginEngland,heresentedBritishpoliciestowardtheIrish.Inal
2、ettertoPopeof1729,hewrote,"Imagineanationthetwo-thirdsofwhoserevenuesarespentoutofit,andwhoarenotpermittedtotradewiththeotherthird,andwheretheprideofthewomenwillnotsuffer[allow]themtoweartheirownmanufacturesevenwheretheyexcelwhatcomefromabroad:ThisisthetruestateofIrelandinaveryfewwo
3、rds."HissupportforIrishcauseshasmadehimarenownedfigureinmodernIreland.Theparagraphnumbershavebeenaddedforthisedition.[1]ItisamelanchollyObjecttothose,whowalkthroughthisgreatTown, 1 ortravelintheCountry,whentheyseetheStreets,theRoads,andCabbin-Doors,crowdedwithBeggarsofthefemaleSex,f
4、ollowedbythree,four,orsixChildren,allinRags,andimportuningeveryPassengerforanAlms.TheseMothersinsteadofbeingabletoworkfortheirhonestlivelyhood,areforcedtoemployalltheirtimeinStroling,tobegSustenancefortheirhelplessInfants,who,astheygrowupeitherturnThievesforwantofwork,orleavetheirde
5、arnativeCountrytofightforthePretenderinSpain, 2 orsellthemselvestotheBarbadoes. 3 [2]IthinkitisagreedbyallParties,thatthisprodigiousnumberofChildren,intheArms,orontheBacks,orattheheelsoftheirMothers,andfrequentlyoftheirFathers,isinthepresentdeplorablestateoftheKingdom,averygreataddi
6、tionalgrievance;andtherefore文档whoevercouldfindoutafair,cheapandeasymethodofmakingtheseChildrensoundandusefulMembersofthecommon-wealthwoulddeservesowellofthepublick,astohavehisStatuesetupforapreserveroftheNation.[3]ButmyIntentionisveryfarfrombeingconfinedtoprovideonlyfortheChildrenof
7、professedbeggars,itisofamuchgreaterextent,andshalltakeinthewholenumberofInfantsatacertainAge,whoarebornofParentsineffectaslittleabletosupportthem,asthosewhodemandourCharityintheStreets.[4]Astomyownpart,havingturnedmythoughtsformanyYears,uponthisimportantSubject,andmaturelyweighedthe
8、severalSchemesofoth
