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Ah, a German and a genius ! A prodigy, admit him !

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Jonathan Swift
Age: 77 †
Born: 1667
Born: November 30
Died: 1745
Died: October 19
Essayist
Human Rights Activist
Novelist
Opinion Journalist
Pamphleteer
Philosopher
Poet
Priest
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Public Figure
Dublin city
Isaac Bickerstaff
M. B. Drapier
Lemuel Gulliver
Simon Wagstaff
Prodigy
Prodigies
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Genius

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For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.
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Had Windham possessed discretion in debate, or Sheridan in conduct, they might have ruled their age.
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Poor nations are hungry, and rich nations are proud and pride and hunger will ever be at variance.
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