... of the Lilliputians" traditions, that he might see the absurdity in European ones. With this, Swift satirizes the conditions and politics of Europe. In Lilliput (Part I), Gulliver learns of a schism over the question of whether to break soft-boiled eggs ... break, civil war results (I:4;4). Thus Swift satirized the religious schism created by Henry VIII's break with the Roman Catholic Church, leading eventually to the English Civil War and the Glorious Revolution. Today, the terms refer generally to any conflict over ... to recognize the satire just below the surface. But Jonathan Swift...

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