Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson

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Terbelnian

 

23 The Fourth Personal Sojourn of Beelzebub on the Planet Earth

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“And it will succeed wonderfully well, because the apes themselves, as beings of what is called a ‘Terbelnian result,’ are already, owing to their nature, extremely fond of occupying themselves with ‘titillation’ and before the day is out, will no doubt participate in and greatly assist your favorites in this ‘scientific experiment’ of theirs.