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Which of the following lines from Jonathan Swift’s :A Modest Proposal" best indicates that Swift’s satire is intended to criticize British government’s view of the poor rather than the poor children he “proposes” selling as food?

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the answer is c

“I desire those Politicians, who dislike my Overture, and may perhaps be so bold to attempt an Answer, that they will first ask the Parents of these Mortals, whether they would not at this Day think it a great Happiness to have been sold for Food at a year Old, in the manner I prescribe, and thereby have avoided such a perpetual Scene of Misfortunes…”

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