why do Swift refuse to consider young boys as a replacement for venison?
is it they are required for breeding stock?
is it their meat would be too expensive.
is it they are needed as labor
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why do Swift refuse to consider young boys as a replacement for venison?
I don't think that any of these answers really get at the point here:
"[schoolboys']flesh was generally tough and lean, like that of our schoolboys by continual exercise, and their taste disagreeable; and to fatten them would not answer the charge."
"[schoolboys']flesh was generally tough and lean, like that of our schoolboys by continual exercise, and their taste disagreeable; and to fatten them would not answer the charge."
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