This made me reflect, how vain an attempt it is for a man to endeavour to do himself honour among those who are out of all degree of equality or comparison with him.' -from Gulliver's Travels Gulliver's Travels, Jonathan Swift's best known full-length work, a classic of English literature, a satirical experiment of human nature and the dangers of misusing reason, is both critical and humorous while implicitly posing the idea of whether it is good or not to use moral righteousness and physical p