“For my own part, I must confess to bear a very singular respect to
this animal, by whom I take human nature to be most admirably held
forth in all its qualities as well as operations; and, therefore,
whatever in my small reading occurs concerning this, our fellow
creature, I do never fail to set it down by way of commonplace; and
when I have occasion to write upon human reason, politics, eloquence or
knowledge, I lay my memorandums before me, and insert them with a
wonderful facility of application.”—SWIFT.