He expresses his thoughts selfishly and with proof that he has done every single calculation: how much the children should weigh, how old they should be when they are sold, and how much they should be sold for (Swift 2635). “I will now therefore humbly propose my thoughts, which I hope will not be subject to the least objection,” boasts Swift (2634). The entire scheme, in fact, is presented in a selfish tone as Swift "humbly" places himself above those in poverty and turns human beings into a salable commodity, as if he were selling a product in a commercial, like if the idea was flawless. . The arrogant tone is seen in John Wilmot's Satire Against Reason and Humanity. The speaker, or priest, in the poem praises humanity for being created in the image of God; however, throughout the poem the people believe they are the wisest. Wilmot has the speaker criticize them for this, as he says that people are instead foolish and misguided when it comes to reasoning (2302). The speaker criticizes people for being vain and pretentious because according to him they act as if they have all the answers. However, in the last part of the poem, the speaker calls out the speaker for denigrating humanity. Wilmot is selfish as he "claims to write only about the different perspectives of reason and the mysterious truths and limits which no man can conceive", but his only goal is to attract attention for himself and his stream of thought.