Word: pyre
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Dates: during 1883-1883
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...other doom, and he preferred death to Harvard. Then the executioner fell upon him savagely with a heavy baton. He was beaten to death, and being disemboweled, was found to have fed himself on "pony leaves" like any other student. Then the body was cast upon the funeral pyre and cremated, while the victors sang an exultant song...