| Johathan Swift (3762 words) |
 | Some have suggested that Swift’s avoidance of the common ties of human life was due to fears of approaching madness; others have supposed that the explanation was physical infirmity; others, again, have found the key in his coldness of temperament or in his strong desire for independence. |
| The pains and giddiness to which Swift was subject left their impression upon his work; “at best,” he said, “I have an ill head, and an aching heart.” His misanthropy was really a disease, and his life of loneliness and disappointment was a tragedy, calling for pity and awe, rather than for blame. |
| Swift stated that "satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own." A TALE OF A TUB (1704) was a religious satire. |
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