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... Houyhnhnms reason has been given to horses and withheld from - . ' Here we naturally pause , but we are intended to continue : ' ... withheld from human beings . ' The Yahoos are human beings , with- out the gift of reason . Into this ...
... Houyhnhnms reason has been given to horses and withheld from - . ' Here we naturally pause , but we are intended to continue : ' ... withheld from human beings . ' The Yahoos are human beings , with- out the gift of reason . Into this ...
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... Houyhnhnm standard to be applied to man . The Houyhnhnms are a device for embarrassing mankind . That Gulliver , the plain man who seems to represent average human nature , should be converted to the Houyhn- hnms ' standpoint is simply ...
... Houyhnhnm standard to be applied to man . The Houyhnhnms are a device for embarrassing mankind . That Gulliver , the plain man who seems to represent average human nature , should be converted to the Houyhn- hnms ' standpoint is simply ...
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... Houyhnhnms , in short , is stretched over a void . ' He identifies them with , ' Reason , Truth and Nature , the Augustan positives ' , but claims that , ' it was in deadly earnest that Swift appealed to these ' . This would imply that ...
... Houyhnhnms , in short , is stretched over a void . ' He identifies them with , ' Reason , Truth and Nature , the Augustan positives ' , but claims that , ' it was in deadly earnest that Swift appealed to these ' . This would imply that ...
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