Word: nutriment
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Dates: during 1874-1874
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...inspiration. It is a well-known fact that the great poets of all ages have been poor; and have been driven to the Muses by starvation. Nothing is so conducive to poetic thoughts as an empty stomach; genius becomes more active and more ethereal at the absence of bodily nutriment. In after ages men will point to the THAYER CLUB as the birthplace of scores of famous bards. There dwell our Cambridge Muses; and the idea of many a masterpiece has been evolved during the "fine frenzy" following the weekly dinner on turkey and cranberry-sauce...