On or about October 19, 1745 a man named Johnathan Swift, or a spelling
near unto this, died, or is said to have died, since the vital signs, the
majority of them at least, are alleged not to have been present. The man
left the bulk of his estate, or what is sometimes called the major part of
it, as distinguished from the smaller or lesser part, to the building and
endowment of an insane asylum, or as it is called today, a mental facility
of some permanency, to house and home as many inmates for as long as
necessary as the annual endowment would allow. In other words, Swift is
said to have SO HATED THE WORLD THAT HE LEFT HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SUM TO SHAME
IT.
