A Modest Proposal + The Benefits of Farting Explained

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A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People From Being a
Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the
Public, commonly referred to as A Modest Proposal, is a satirical essay
written and published anonymously by Jonathan Swift in 1729. Swift suggests
that the impoverished Irish might ease their economic troubles by selling
their children as food for rich gentlemen and ladies. This satirical hyperbole
mocks heartless attitudes towards the poor, as well as Irish policy in
general.

The Benefits of Farting Explained was published in pamphlet form in 1722. Why
is farting considered to be a taboo? Swift's The Benefit of Farting argues
eloquently, that most of the distempers thought to affect the fairer sex are
due to flatulence not adequately vented. To complete the excursus into this
venerable and age-old human activity, Charles James Fox's Essay upon Wind
provides a detailed analysis, classification and history of farting, peppered
with wit and curious anecdotes about particularly eminent farts of the past.

Jonathan Swift (1667 – 1745) was an Anglo-Irish poet, writer and cleric who
gained reputation as a great political writer and an essayist. Jonathan, who
became Dean of St. Patrick's in Dublin, is also known for his excellence in
satire. His most remembered works include Gulliver's Travels, A modest
Proposal, An Argument against Abolishing Christianity and A Tale of a Tub.