d'apprivoiser

Updated: May 24, 2025

A monarchy, a foolish Louis, sent a marine savant and soldier named Dumont D'Urville to the South Seas with the casual orders: "'D'apprivoiser les hommes, et de rendre les femmes un peu plus sauvages; to tame the men and make the women a little more savage.

Frederick O'Brien - Mystic Isles of the South Seas.