Read this excerpt from jonathan swift's a modest proposal. a very worthy person, a true lover of this country, and whose virtues i highly esteem, was lately , in discoursing on this matter, to offer a refinement upon my scheme. conceived that the want of venison might well be supplied by the bodies of young lads and so great a number of both sexes in every country being now ready to " what is swift's main point in this passage? a. true patriots are in agreement with his stated proposal b. the well-off have no real concern for starving children c. young, poor children are an overlooked food source d. there is a great concern over the lack of available venison