Word: spartanic
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...Fresh Pond is examined in the same manner we hope, for the peace of those about us who are in the habit of drinking water (as some are), that the results will not be published. It is not enough that the famished Commoner, as he sits down to his Spartan repast, should have his senses of smell, taste, and hearing shocked by his food and "table-talk," but, as he raises the goblet to his lips, he must see myriads of animals swimming in the water. Thus is the fate of Tantalus added to the horrors of Commons. Some...