The Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies school (yuanyang hudie pai; henceforth Butterfly) has its origins in the mid-1910s boom in commercial periodicals.

Well, that's an ad verecundiam argument.

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After examining the contents the chemist replied: Why, this is iron Pyrites, commonly known as fool's gold. What is it worth? asked the seedly individual. Oh, about $4.00 a ton in car lots. Just my luck, exclaimed the questioner.