He expresses his thoughts selfishly and with proof that he has made every calculation: how much the children must weigh, how old they must be when sold and for how much they should be sold for (Swift 2635). “I will therefore now humbly offer my own thoughts, which I hope will not be subject to the least objection,” boasts Swift (2634). The whole project, in fact, is presented in a selfish tone as Swift "humbly" places himself above those living in poverty and turns humans into a salable commodity, as if he were selling a product in an infomercial, as if the idea was impeccable. . The arrogant tone is visible in John Wilmot's Satire Against Reason and Humanity. The speaker, or clergyman, in the poem praises humanity for being created in the image of God; however, throughout the poem, people believe themselves to be the wisest. Wilmot has the speaker criticized for this, as he says that people are rather stupid and deceptive 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 accuses the speaker of denigrating humanity. Wilmot is selfish because he "pretends to write only about the different perspectives of reason and about the mysterious truths and limits which no man can conceive", but his sole aim is to draw attention to himself and his stream of thought.