A group is defined as a number of individual parts gathered together and considered as a whole: multitudinous stars considered as a galaxy. The interaction between a group and its parts is intricate: the position of each star slightly affects the movement and spin of the galaxy, and the placement of the rest of the galaxy drastically affects each star. Unraveling the causal relationships here may seem a daunting task. After studying the heavens, Jonathan …showed first 75 words of 1879 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1879 total…the insight of Swift by coming to many of the same conclusions. Swift, however, was not without hope. Humanity need not remain malicious indefinitely. Swift wrote to Charles Ford that his "Travells . . . will wonderfully mend the World" (Swift, 263). Swift appreciated the goodness of the individual. And if the individual is good, is there not hope for the mending of the group? If the stars continue to burn bright, perhaps one day so will the galaxy.