Путешествие Гулливера

Chapter 9

           TheHouyhnhnmshavenoletters,andconsequentlytheirknowledgeisalltraditional.Buttherehappeningfeweventsofanymomentamongapeoplesowellunited,naturallydisposedtoeveryvirtue,whollygovernedbyreason,andcutofffromallcommercewithothernations,thehistoricalpartiseasilypreservedwithoutburdeningtheirmemories.Ihavealreadyobservedthattheyaresubjecttonodiseases,andthereforecanhavenoneedofphysicians.However,theyhaveexcellentmedicines,composedofherbs,tocureaccidentalbruisesandcutsinthepasternorfrogofthefoot,bysharpstones,aswellasothermaimsandhurtsintheseveralpartsofthebody.

           Theycalculatetheyearbytherevolutionofthesunandmoon,butusenosubdivisionsintoweeks.Theyarewellenoughacquaintedwiththemotionsofthosetwoluminaries,andunderstandthenatureofeclipses;andthisistheutmostprogressoftheirastronomy.

           Inpoetry,theymustbeallowedtoexcelallothermortals;whereinthejustnessoftheirsimiles,andtheminutenessaswellasexactnessoftheirdescriptions,areindeedinimitable.Theirversesaboundverymuchinbothofthese,andusuallycontaineithersomeexaltednotionsoffriendshipandbenevolenceorthepraisesofthosewhowerevictorsinracesandotherbodilyexercises.Theirbuildings,althoughveryrudeandsimple,arenotinconvenient,butwellcontrivedtodefendthemfromallinjuriesofandheat.

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