Путешествие Гулливера

Chapter 5

           Itoldhim,"althoughitwerethecustomofourlearnedinEuropetostealinventionsfromeachother,whohadtherebyatleastthisadvantage,thatitbecameacontroversywhichwastherightowner;yetIwouldtakesuchcaution,thatheshouldhavethehonourentire,withoutarival."

           Wenextwenttotheschooloflanguages,wherethreeprofessorssatinconsultationuponimprovingthatoftheirowncountry.

           Thefirstprojectwas,toshortendiscourse,bycuttingpolysyllablesintoone,andleavingoutverbsandparticiples,because,inreality,allthingsimaginablearebutnorms.

           Theotherprojectwas,aschemeforentirelyabolishingallwordswhatsoever;andthiswasurgedasagreatadvantageinpointofhealth,aswellasbrevity.Foritisplain,thateverywordwespeakis,insomedegree,adiminutionofourlungebycorrosion,and,consequently,contributestotheshorteningofourlives.Anexpedientwasthereforeoffered,"thatsincewordsareonlynamesforthings,itwouldbemoreconvenientforallmentocarryaboutthemsuchthingsaswerenecessarytoexpressaparticularbusinesstheyaretodiscourseon."Andthisinventionwouldcertainlyhavetakenplace,tothegreateaseaswellashealthofthesubject,ifthewomen,inconjunctionwiththevulgarandilliterate,hadnotthreatenedtoraisearebellionunlesstheymightbeallowedthelibertytospeakwiththeirtongues,afterthemanneroftheirforefathers;suchconstantirreconcilableenemiestosciencearethecommonpeople.

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