The tiny Lilliputians surmise that Gulliver's watch may be his god, because it is that which, he admits, he seldom does anything without consulting.

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Jonathan Swift was a 17th-century Irish anglo-irish satirist and cleric. Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish writer, essayist, satirist, and Anglican cleric. He was the author of the satirical prose novel Gulliver's Travels (1726) and the creator of the fictional island of Lilliput. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Time — Reflections on the passage of time and how we spend it

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