"Und er [der König von Brobdingnag] gab seine Meinung dahin ab, wer es fertig brächte, zwei Kornähren oder zwei Grashalme auf einem Fleck Bodens zu ziehn, wo zuvor nur einer wuchs, der mache sich mehr um die Menschheit verdient und tue seinem Lande einen wesentlicheren Dienst als das ganze Geschlecht der Politiker zusammengenommen."
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Gullivers Reisen. Teil 2: Reise nach Brobdingnag, Kapitel 7, gutenberg.spiegel.de
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Jonathan Swift
1667 – 1745
englisch-irischer Schriftsteller
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