1. (Gulliver critiquing his suit made by the Luputian tailor) “ He first took my
altitude by a quadrant, and then, with a rule and compasses, described the dimensions
and outlines of my whole body, all which he entered upon paper; and in six days brought
my clothes very ill made, and quite out of shape, by happening to mistake a figure in
the calculation. But my comfort was, that I observed such accidents very frequent, and
little regarded. “
I think that this quote is important because it shows how even little ways of doing things are different between the two worlds. Gulliver, had he been making the suit, would have used a measuring tape like most would assume to do.…