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    <body><![CDATA[Jonathan Swift took some literary swings at humanity.<br/><br/>What I learned from this book can be summed up in this quote:<br/><br/>&quot;...For they have no conception how a rational creature can be compelled, but only advised, or exhorted; because no person can disobey reason, without giving...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62546058">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I was severely disappointed by this book.  Based on its reputation I expected so much more.  The story was boring.  Of the four parts, the third was the most interesting.  While some of his satire on the failings of man are entertaining, the satire on the political scene in late 17th, early 18th cen...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47661720">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't understand satire at all when I first read this in seventh grade.  At first I was horrified and confused.  Then, after my mom explained satire, I loved it... must reread at some point.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Re-read Travels out loud to boys - definitely another book to read out loud.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Brilliant...absolutely brilliant. I've read both of these tales several times over the years. And while A Modest Proposal remains my favorite Swift piece...I seem to find something new and interesting, something I'd missed before, each and every time I read Gulliver's Travels. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A Modest Proposal is one of my favorite essays of all time, if not my favorite.  However, I need to read more essays to judge more fairly.<br/>I liked Gulliver's Travels.  ]]></body>
    
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