Путешествие Гулливера

Chapter 10

           Foralthoughfewmenwillavowtheirdesiresofbeingimmortal,uponsuchhardconditions,yetinthetwokingdomsbeforementioned,ofBalnibarbiandJapan,heobservedthateverymandesiredtoputoffdeathsometimelonger,letitapproacheversolate:andherarelyheardofanymanwhodiedwillingly,excepthewereincitedbytheextremityofgriefortorture.Andheappealedtome,whetherinthosecountriesIhadtravelled,aswellasmyown,Ihadnotobservedthesamegeneraldisposition."

           Afterthispreface,hegavemeaparticularaccountofthestruldbrugsamongthem.Hesaid,"theycommonlyactedlikemortalstillaboutthirtyyearsold;afterwhich,bydegrees,theygrewmelancholyanddejected,increasinginbothtilltheycametofourscore.Thishelearnedfromtheirownconfession:forotherwise,therenotbeingabovetwoorthreeofthatspeciesborninanage,theyweretoofewtoformageneralobservationby.Whentheycametofourscoreyears,whichisreckonedtheextremityoflivinginthiscountry,theyhadnotonlyallthefolliesandinfirmitiesofotheroldmen,butmanymorewhicharosefromthedreadfulprospectofneverdying.Theywerenotonlyopinionative,peevish,covetous,morose,vain,talkative,butincapableoffriendship,anddeadtoallnaturalaffection,whichneverdescendedbelowtheirgrandchildren.Envyandimpotentdesiresaretheirprevailingpassions.Butthoseobjectsagainstwhichtheirenvyseemsprincipallydirected,arethevicesoftheyoungersortandthedeathsoftheold.

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