"Without feeling abashed by my ignorance, I confess……" — Jean-Henri Fabre

"Without feeling abashed by my ignorance, I confess that I am absolutely unable to say. In the absence of an appearance of learning, my answer has at least one merit, that of perfect sincerity."

— Jean-Henri Fabre

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