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Works  / Books /  Jonathan Swift  / A Modest Proposal  by Dr. Jonathan Swift, 1729 Jonathan Swift's Books Read the introduction here A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift, Introduction A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift, Introduction 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 Publick by Dr. Jonathan Swift 1729 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 publick. It is a melancholy object to those, who walk through this great town, or travel in the country, when they see the streets, the roads and cabbin-doors crowded with beggars of the female sex, followed by three, four, or six children, all in rags, and importuning every passenger for an alms. These mothers instead of being able to work for their honest livelihood, are forced to employ all their time in strol...