Подорож Гулівера

Chapter 5

           Hethoughthisears,beingusedtosuchabominablewords,might,bydegrees,admitthemwithlessdetestation:thatalthoughhehatedtheYahoosofthiscountry,yethenomoreblamedthemfortheirodiousqualities,thanhedidagnnayh(abirdofprey)foritscruelty,orasharpstoneforcuttinghishoof.Butwhenacreaturepretendingtoreasoncouldbecapableofsuchenormities,hedreadedlestthecorruptionofthatfacultymightbeworsethanbrutalityitself.Heseemedthereforeconfident,that,insteadofreasonwewereonlypossessedofsomequalityfittedtoincreaseournaturalvices;asthereflectionfromatroubledstreamreturnstheimageofanillshapenbody,notonlylargerbutmoredistorted."

           Headded,"thathehadheardtoomuchuponthesubjectofwar,bothinthisandsomeformerdiscourses.Therewasanotherpoint,whichalittleperplexedhimatpresent.Ihadinformedhim,thatsomeofourcrewlefttheircountryonaccountofbeingruinedbylaw;thatIhadalreadyexplainedthemeaningoftheword;buthewasatalosshowitshouldcometopass,thatthelaw,whichwasintendedforeveryman’spreservation,shouldbeanyman’sruin.ThereforehedesiredtobefurthersatisfiedwhatImeantbylaw,andthedispensersthereof,accordingtothepresentpracticeinmyowncountry;becausehethoughtnatureandreasonweresufficientguidesforareasonableanimal,aswepretendedtobe,inshowinguswhatheoughttodo,andwhattoavoid."

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