Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes

I am engaged in answering that Italian buffoon, Mazotti, whose views upon the larval development of the tropical termites have excited my derision and contempt . . .

Arthur Conan Doyle

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• I am engaged in answering that Italian buffoon, Mazotti, whose views upon the larval development of the tropical termites have excited my derision and contempt . . .

  

  Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Italian buffoon
  • Mazotti
  • Larval development