Not at all, my ardent and inquiring friends, there is a scientific humbug just as large as any other. We have all heard of the Moon Hoax. Do none of you remember the Hydrarchos Sillimannii, that awful Alabama snake?
— P.T. Barnum Contemporary

Showman, circus, hoaxes

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From 'The Humbugs of the World', discussing scientific hoaxes.

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1865

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Humorous

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https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/127161-the-humbugs-of-the-world

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