Gulliver's Travels Part 2 Chapter 7

In which the narrator endeavours to convey his affection for his native land whilst recounting a most singular and narrow-minded royal refusal of a powerful invention that could govern by force, revealing a prince whose wisdom and virtues are somewhat clouded by his ignorance of politics and human nature. The manners, laws, military practice, and learning of this secluded realm are displayed with a mixture of wonder and gentle censure, painting a picture both strange and reflective of the universal foibles of mankind.