Yet malice never was his aim; He lashed the vice but spared the name. No individual could resent, Where thousands equally were meant. (Jonathan Swift)

Yet malice never was his aim; He lashed the vice but spared the name. No individual could resent, Where thousands equally were meant.

Jonathan Swift

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