The Author's Final Disavowal

From A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift
The narrator's final claim of selfless motives, undercut by the irony that his own children are too old to be eaten, drives home the satire.
Paragraph 33 (final)
I profess, in the sincerity of my heart, that I have not the least personal interest in endeavouring to promote this necessary work, having no other motive than the public good of my country... I have no children by which I can propose to get a single penny; the youngest being nine years old, and my wife past child-bearing.
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