Подорож Гулівера

Chapter 4

           Ianswered"thatourhorsesweretrainedup,fromthreeorfouryearsold,totheseveralusesweintendedthemfor;thatifanyofthemprovedintolerablyvicious,theywereemployedforcarriages;thattheywereseverelybeaten,whiletheywereyoung,foranymischievoustricks;thatthemales,designedforthecommonuseofridingordraught,weregenerallycastratedabouttwoyearsaftertheirbirth,totakedowntheirspirits,andmakethemmoretameandgentle;thattheywereindeedsensibleofrewardsandpunishments;buthishonourwouldpleasetoconsider,thattheyhadnottheleasttinctureofreason,anymorethantheYahoosinthiscountry."

           Itputmetothepainsofmanycircumlocutions,togivemymasterarightideaofwhatIspoke;fortheirlanguagedoesnotaboundinvarietyofwords,becausetheirwantsandpassionsarefewerthanamongus.ButitisimpossibletoexpresshisnobleresentmentatoursavagetreatmentoftheHouyhnhnmrace;particularlyafterIhadexplainedthemanneranduseofcastratinghorsesamongus,tohinderthemfrompropagatingtheirkind,andtorenderthemmoreservile.Hesaid,"ifitwerepossibletherecouldbeanycountrywhereYahoosalonewereenduedwithreason,theycertainlymustbethegoverninganimal;becausereasonintimewillalwaysprevailagainstbrutalstrength.

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