Supposing that one thousand families in this city would be constant customers for infants’ flesh, besides others who might have it at merry meetings, particularly weddings and christenings, I compute that Dublin would take off annually about twenty thousand carcasses, and the rest of the kingdom (where probably they will be sold somewhat cheaper) the remaining eighty thousand. Select two phrases that describe traits and qualities that the narrator possesses.

Facility for statistics

Smart turn of phrase

No sense of irony

Respect for religion

Belief in progress