Snicker on hearing his name: 'the gentleman who thinks we are descende…

Gustave Flaubert
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Snicker on hearing his name: 'the gentleman who thinks we are descended from the apes.' ✨ Gustave Flaubert (1968). Dictionary of Accepted Ideas, p.59, New Directions Publishing
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