A GRATUITOUS LESSON.
De Bluffins : ‘ I am sure it is a great mystery to some of us, Professor, that a man of intellect can devote so much valuable time to a lot of horrid little insects.’ The Entomological Professor (blandly) : ‘Ah ! perhaps it is ; yet, if you care to know, the truth is that some of us find the study of the habits of insects infinitely more interesting than those of the “ parasites ”of society. There is one thing, moreover, that we always find, which is, that whenever we examine the “ horrid little insects,” as you describe them, they are always very busily engaged in minding their own business.’
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume X, Issue 13, 1 April 1893, Page 312
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109A GRATUITOUS LESSON. New Zealand Graphic, Volume X, Issue 13, 1 April 1893, Page 312
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