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Gulliver's Travels / Power and Satire

Author: Jonathan Swift (Gutenberg)  | Themes: political hierarchy, instability, satire, empire, conflict  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-03-16

We compute the _Tramecksan_, or high heels, to exceed us in number; but the power is wholly on our side. We apprehend his imperial highness, the heir ...
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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Natures Paradox

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: knowledge vs ignorance, nature's complexity, human curiosity, preservation vs exploitation, science and empire  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-17

"Providence appears to have designed the preservation in this vast and mysterious hothouse of antediluvian plants, to prove the sagacity of learned me...