Word: elysium
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...almost unknown in this country. Born in Hungary, he entered the University of Vienna, where he stood well in his studies, but was not inclined towards any one of them. In later years a restless desire for new scenery drove him to America, where he hoped to find his Elysium. How he found it, and his impression of this country, is well shown in his letters home, where he describes, in terms that would be rather humorous were there not a grain of truth in them, the haste and worry of Americans and what he considers their inordinate desire...