@ Jonathan Swift

@ Jonathan Swift


Born three hundred and forty four years ago on 30 November 1667 (to 19 October 1745)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Swift


Satirically discovered the yahoo race of beings... then and now more than a little familiar.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo_(Gulliver's_Travels)


Proposed eating babies as an effective and tasty solution to starvation problems in Ireland.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal


Love him or despise him, Jonathan Swift's significant body of work has never been out of print since its creation three centuries ago. It's late 2011 and the survival creds of the human race have never been more in question. O, Jon, where art thou?

gb

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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
@ Jonathan Swift


Born three hundred and forty four years ago[/i] on 30 November 1667 (to 19 October 1745)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Swift


Satirically discovered the yahoo race of beings... then and now more than a little familiar.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo_(Gulliver's_Travels)


human race have never been more in question. [i]O, Jon, where art thou?

gb

.[/b]

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
Perhaps its the impracticality of his work, i like Robert Louis Stevenson my self, he has
a great essay on the benefits of being idle!