Identifying The Central Argument

''...therefore one male will be sufficient to serve four females.''

''That the remaining hundred thousand may at a year old be offered in sale to the persons of quality and fortune through the kingdom ... so as to render them plump and fat for a good table.''

''...helpless infants, who, as they grow up, either turn thieves for want of work, or leave their dear native country to fight for the Pretender in Spain, or sell themselves to the Barbados.''

''I have been assured by a very knowing acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food...''

''A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends...''