Worse Than Brutality Itself
But when a creature pretending to reason could be capable of such enormities, he dreaded lest the corruption of that faculty might be worse than brutality itself. He seemed therefore confident, that, instead of reason we were only possessed of some quality fitted to increase our natural vices; as the reflection from a troubled stream returns the image of an ill-shapen body, not only larger but more distorted.
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Context: After Gulliver describes European warfare, the rational horse who hosts him judges what human reason is worth.
Not in a duel yet
Source: Part IV, Chapter V