Jonathan
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Principally I hate and
detest that animal called man; although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas,
and so forth.
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), Anglo-Irish
satirist. Letter, 29 Sept. 1725, to Alexander Pope.
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