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Jonathan Swift

Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen short of her purposes.

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Jonathan Swift suggests that when powerful forces or entities lack strong goals or desires, it goes against the natural order or intention of the world. He implies that nature's design expects great powers to use their strength ambitiously, so without ambition, nature’s plan is incomplete or flawed.

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