What Gulliver Saw
by Katie Ebner-Landy
Gulliver’s Travels uses the land of the Houyhnhnms and Yahoos to explore whether being recognized as human is based on observable characteristics.
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n16/katie-ebner-landy/cursed-race
Gulliver's travels (in several languages) at PG: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Gulliver%27s+travels
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"And he gave it for his opinion, that whosoever could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together."
Voyage to Brobdingnag, Ch. 7
~Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745)
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