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I
shall
say
but
little
at
present
of
their
learning
,
which
,
for
many
ages
,
has
flourished
in
all
its
branches
among
them
:
but
their
manner
of
writing
is
very
peculiar
,
being
neither
from
the
left
to
the
right
,
like
the
Europeans
,
nor
from
the
right
to
the
left
,
like
the
Arabians
,
nor
from
up
to
down
,
like
the
Chinese
,
but
aslant
,
from
one
corner
of
the
paper
to
the
other
,
like
ladies
in
England
.
They
bury
their
dead
with
their
heads
directly
downward
,
because
they
hold
an
opinion
,
that
in
eleven
thousand
moons
they
are
all
to
rise
again
;
in
which
period
the
earth
(
(
which
they
conceive
to
be
flat
)
)
will
turn
upside
down
,
and
by
this
means
they
shall
,
at
their
resurrection
,
be
found
ready
standing
on
their
feet
.
The
learned
among
them
confess
the
absurdity
of
this
doctrine
;
but
the
practice
still
continues
,
in
compliance
to
the
vulgar
.
There
are
some
laws
and
customs
in
this
empire
very
peculiar
;
and
if
they
were
not
so
directly
contrary
to
those
of
my
own
dear
country
,
I
should
be
tempted
to
say
a
little
in
their
justification
.
It
is
only
to
be
wished
they
were
as
well
executed
.
The
first
I
shall
mention
,
relates
to
informers
.
All
crimes
against
the
state
,
are
punished
here
with
the
utmost
severity
;
but
,
if
the
person
accused
makes
his
innocence
plainly
to
appear
upon
his
trial
,
the
accuser
is
immediately
put
to
an
ignominious
death
;
and
out
of
his
goods
or
lands
the
innocent
person
is
quadruply
recompensed
for
the
loss
of
his
time
,
for
the
danger
he
underwent
,
for
the
hardship
of
his
imprisonment
,
and
for
all
the
charges
he
has
been
at
in
making
his
defence
;
or
,
if
that
fund
be
deficient
,
it
is
largely
supplied
by
the
crown
.
The
emperor
also
confers
on
him
some
public
mark
of
his
favour
,
and
proclamation
is
made
of
his
innocence
through
the
whole
city
.
They
look
upon
fraud
as
a
greater
crime
than
theft
,
and
therefore
seldom
fail
to
punish
it
with
death
;
for
they
allege
,
that
care
and
vigilance
,
with
a
very
common
understanding
,
may
preserve
a
man
's
goods
from
thieves
,
but
honesty
has
no
defence
against
superior
cunning
;
and
,
since
it
is
necessary
that
there
should
be
a
perpetual
intercourse
of
buying
and
selling
,
and
dealing
upon
credit
,
where
fraud
is
permitted
and
connived
at
,
or
has
no
law
to
punish
it
,
the
honest
dealer
is
always
undone
,
and
the
knave
gets
the
advantage
.
I
remember
,
when
I
was
once
interceding
with
the
emperor
for
a
criminal
who
had
wronged
his
master
of
a
great
sum
of
money
,
which
he
had
received
by
order
and
ran
away
with
;
and
happening
to
tell
his
majesty
,
by
way
of
extenuation
,
that
it
was
only
a
breach
of
trust
,
the
emperor
thought
it
monstrous
in
me
to
offer
as
a
defence
the
greatest
aggravation
of
the
crime
;
and
truly
I
had
little
to
say
in
return
,
farther
than
the
common
answer
,
that
different
nations
had
different
customs
;
for
,
I
confess
,
I
was
heartily
ashamed
.
Although
we
usually
call
reward
and
punishment
the
two
hinges
upon
which
all
government
turns
,
yet
I
could
never
observe
this
maxim
to
be
put
in
practice
by
any
nation
except
that
of
Lilliput
.
Whoever
can
there
bring
sufficient
proof
,
that
he
has
strictly
observed
the
laws
of
his
country
for
seventy-three
moons
,
has
a
claim
to
certain
privileges
,
according
to
his
quality
or
condition
of
life
,
with
a
proportionable
sum
of
money
out
of
a
fund
appropriated
for
that
use
:
he
likewise
acquires
the
title
of
snilpall
,
or
legal
,
which
is
added
to
his
name
,
but
does
not
descend
to
his
posterity
.
And
these
people
thought
it
a
prodigious
defect
of
policy
among
us
,
when
I
told
them
that
our
laws
were
enforced
only
by
penalties
,
without
any
mention
of
reward
.
It
is
upon
this
account
that
the
image
of
Justice
,
in
their
courts
of
judicature
,
is
formed
with
six
eyes
,
two
before
,
as
many
behind
,
and
on
each
side
one
,
to
signify
circumspection
;
with
a
bag
of
gold
open
in
her
right
hand
,
and
a
sword
sheathed
in
her
left
,
to
show
she
is
more
disposed
to
reward
than
to
punish
.
In
choosing
persons
for
all
employments
,
they
have
more
regard
to
good
morals
than
to
great
abilities
;
for
,
since
government
is
necessary
to
mankind
,
they
believe
,
that
the
common
size
of
human
understanding
is
fitted
to
some
station
or
other
;
and
that
Providence
never
intended
to
make
the
management
of
public
affairs
a
mystery
to
be
comprehended
only
by
a
few
persons
of
sublime
genius
,
of
which
there
seldom
are
three
born
in
an
age
:
but
they
suppose
truth
,
justice
,
temperance
,
and
the
like
,
to
be
in
every
man
's
power
;
the
practice
of
which
virtues
,
assisted
by
experience
and
a
good
intention
,
would
qualify
any
man
for
the
service
of
his
country
,
except
where
a
course
of
study
is
required
.
But
they
thought
the
want
of
moral
virtues
was
so
far
from
being
supplied
by
superior
endowments
of
the
mind
,
that
employments
could
never
be
put
into
such
dangerous
hands
as
those
of
persons
so
qualified
;
and
,
at
least
,
that
the
mistakes
committed
by
ignorance
,
in
a
virtuous
disposition
,
would
never
be
of
such
fatal
consequence
to
the
public
weal
,
as
the
practices
of
a
man
,
whose
inclinations
led
him
to
be
corrupt
,
and
who
had
great
abilities
to
manage
,
to
multiply
,
and
defend
his
corruptions
.
In
like
manner
,
the
disbelief
of
a
Divine
Providence
renders
a
man
incapable
of
holding
any
public
station
;
for
,
since
kings
avow
themselves
to
be
the
deputies
of
Providence
,
the
Lilliputians
think
nothing
can
be
more
absurd
than
for
a
prince
to
employ
such
men
as
disown
the
authority
under
which
he
acts
.
