Путешествие Гулливера

Chapter 10

           "Addtothis,thepleasureofseeingthevariousrevolutionsofstatesandempires;thechangesinthelowerandupperworld;ancientcitiesinruins,andobscurevillagesbecometheseatsofkings;famousriverslesseningintoshallowbrooks;theoceanleavingonecoastdry,andoverwhelminganother;thediscoveryofmanycountriesyetunknown;barbarityoverrunningthepolitestnations,andthemostbarbarousbecomecivilized.Ishouldthenseethediscoveryofthelongitude,theperpetualmotion,theuniversalmedicine,andmanyothergreatinventions,broughttotheutmostperfection.

           "Whatwonderfuldiscoveriesshouldwemakeinastronomy,byoutlivingandconfirmingourownpredictions;byobservingtheprogressandreturnofcomets,withthechangesofmotioninthesun,moon,andstars!"

           Ienlargeduponmanyothertopics,whichthenaturaldesireofendlesslife,andsublunaryhappiness,couldeasilyfurnishmewith.WhenIhadended,andthesumofmydiscoursehadbeeninterpreted,asbefore,totherestofthecompany,therewasagooddealoftalkamongtheminthelanguageofthecountry,notwithoutsomelaughteratmyexpense.Atlast,thesamegentlemanwhohadbeenmyinterpreter,said,"hewasdesiredbytheresttosetmerightinafewmistakes,whichIhadfallenintothroughthecommonimbecilityofhumannature,anduponthatallowancewaslessanswerableforthem.

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