I’ll be reading the full text of the satirical essay by Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal, written in the year 1729.
"For preventing the children of poor people in Ireland, from being a burden on their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the publick."
Find the full text of this essay here: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1080/1080-h/1080-h.htm 
And more info about Jonathan Swift here: 
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Swift">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Swift</a>
<a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jonathan-Swift">https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jonathan-Swift</a>

I’ll be reading the full text of the satirical essay by Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal, written in the year 1729. "For preventing the children of poor people in Ireland, from being a burden on their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the publick." Find the full text of this essay here: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1080/1080-h/1080-h.htm And more info about Jonathan Swift here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Swift https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jonathan-Swift

I’ll be reading the full text of the satirical essay by Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal, written in the year 1729.
"For preventing the children of poor people in Ireland, from being a burden on their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the publick."
Find the full text of this essay here: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1080/1080-h/1080-h.htm 
And more info about Jonathan Swift here:&nbsp;
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Swift" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Swift</a>
<a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jonathan-Swift" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jonathan-Swift</a>

Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal

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