Tanith Lee book Vazkor, Son of Vazkor
Book One, Part II “The Warrior”, Chapter 2 (p. 49)
Vazkor, Son of Vazkor (1978)
“The clever men at Oxford
Know all that there is to be knowed.
But they none of them know one half as much
As intelligent Mr. Toad!”
Source: The Wind in the Willows (1908), Ch. 10
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