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William Beeman wrote:
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> >>Darwinian Man, though well-behaved,
> >>At best is only a monkey shaved!
> >>
> >>William Schwenck Gilbert
> >>1836-1911
> >>
> >>from The Mikado (1885) act I
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> Sorry, this is from Princess Ida--Believe me!
> =

> >>
> >>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.
> =

> >>
> >>Elizabeth Burns
> >>Reference Librarian
> >>Bromfield Library
> >>Ohio State University - Mansfield
> >>Mansfield, Ohio
> >>
> >>elburns@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> William O. Beeman
> Department of Anthropology
> Box 1921 Brown Station
> Brown University, Providence, RI 02912
> William_Beeman@Brown.edu
> Tel. (401) 863-7063; Fax: (401) 863-7588
> Office Hours Jan-May, 1996--Wednesday 1-3

I discovered this using Microsoft Bookshelf 1994.

> Evolution
> =

> While Darwinian Man, though well-behaved,
> At best is only a monkey shaved!
> W. S. Gilbert (1836-1911), English librettist. Lady Psyche, in Princess I=
da, act 2.
> =

> The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations is licensed from Columbia Universit=
y Press. Copyright =A9 1993 by Columbia University Press. All rights reserv=
ed.
> Caedmon recordings reproduced by arrangement with Harper Collins Publishe=
rs.


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