Gulliver's Travels

Shall the Yahoos Be Destroyed

The Land of Horses 9, The Grand Assembly

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A tall stripped tree trunk stands upright, and a low thatched house lies across the field.
Illustration by J. J. Grandville, Voyages de Gulliver, Paris, Fournier and Furne, 1838Original

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About three months before Gulliver left, one of these grand assemblies was held. His master went as the representative of their district.

At this council their old debate was taken up again. It was the only debate that had ever arisen in that country. When the master came back, he gave Gulliver a very detailed account.

The question to be debated was this. Should the Yahoos be destroyed from the face of the earth?

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