Gulliver's Travels | Part IV, Chapters 9-10: Summary and Analysis

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Member of Assembly of Houyhnhms: proposes to eliminate the Yahoos

Summary
The Houyhnhms hold a grand assembly about three months before Gulliver’s departure; the dapple-gray is a representative. The members debate (the only debate they ever held) whether to eliminate the Yahoos. The Yahoos had not always been in the country of the Houyhnhms; two appeared together on a mountain long ago, produced by mud or by the sea, and proceeded to multiply. To control them, the Houyhnhms killed some and tamed the rest. Asses would make better domestic...


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