American Spectator

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“I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child, well nursed, is at a year old, a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee, or a ragout.”
—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)

“Thus I live in the World, rather as a Spectator of Mankind, than as one of the Species.”
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719)