A Modest Proposal: 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 public
Jonathan Swiftamazon.com
A Modest Proposal: 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 public
“Thou shalt not sell thy child’s yam to buy new Nikes”
Abhijit V. Banerjee • Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
You see, children were the—the RAISON D'ETRE in this country.
Charlotte Gilman • Herland
Then again, children are sometimes a bitter harvest. He had heard old women say so. Sometimes they did not come to add-up. Instead they undid – they destroyed. They cursed their fathers, and burned their houses to the ground. This was called the revenge of the young.