Re: quote

William Beeman (William_Beeman@BROWN.EDU)
Wed, 20 Mar 1996 14:41:19 -0500

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>>Darwinian Man, though well-behaved,
>>At best is only a monkey shaved!
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>>William Schwenck Gilbert
>>1836-1911
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>>from The Mikado (1885) act I

Sorry, this is from Princess Ida--Believe me!

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>>Found the quote on page 768a in Familiar Quotations by John Bartlett,
>>Fourteenth edition (1968), I didn't find it in the most recent edition, the
>>Sixteenth edition (1992).

Bartlett's is wrong.

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>>Elizabeth Burns
>>Reference Librarian
>>Bromfield Library
>>Ohio State University - Mansfield
>>Mansfield, Ohio
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>>elburns@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
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