A dramatist being accused by Alphonse Karr for prigging a witty word, replied— "It is necessary to seek the wit where it exists." Man has weapons against man and beasts, but none against the phylloxera. It was DrQuesnay, medical attendant of Mme. de Pompadour, that petitioned for " freedom for the butchers."
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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 336, 7 October 1879, Page 3
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51Untitled Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 336, 7 October 1879, Page 3
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