Part III, Chapter 10
Profound philosophical episode subverting the human longing for eternal life.
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From Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
Gulliver eagerly anticipates meeting the immortal Struldbrugs but discovers they are wretched, senile, and miserable—Swift's meditation that immortality without youth is a curse.
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