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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

For Real Academic Quote of the Day

"Jacquemont seems to have regarded his silver rectal syringe as of more value than any of his scientific instruments during his various expeditions to north-western India, a perfect symbol of his 'anal' disdain for Indian culture."

- from Curiosity and the Aesthetics of Travel Writing, 1770-1840 by By Nigel Leask

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