The Houyhnhnms and Yahoos

From Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
In Part IV, Gulliver encounters the rational, virtuous horse-Houyhnhnms and the brutish, filthy human-like Yahoos, leading to his disillusionment with humanity.
Part IV, Chapter 1-2

Central inversion of Gulliver's Travels; the word 'Yahoo' entered the English lexicon meaning a brutish person.

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