{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "The propriety of correct classification was\n impressed on me during my examination. I inadvertently spoke of it [an \nopossum] as...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/162259516103/", "html": "<p><a href=\"https://shedoesnotcomprehend.tumblr.com/post/162258014413/the-propriety-of-correct-classification-was\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">shedoesnotcomprehend</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote><blockquote><p>The propriety of correct classification was\n impressed on me during my examination. I inadvertently spoke of it [an \nopossum] as \u201ca singular creature;\u201d but creature, or rather \u201ccritter,\u201d is\n much too honourable a term for such an animal, being appropriated to \ncattle. The overseer promptly corrected my mistake. \u201cA \u2018Possum, Sir, is \nnot a critter, but a varmint.\u201d</p></blockquote><p style=\"\">\u2013 Philip Henre Gosse, <i>Letters from Alabama</i><br/></p></blockquote>"}