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Word: tolstoian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...earthy, uncomprehending Breton peasants of La Motte, France, Dr. Pierre Etienne Meral, Russian-born, onetime personal physician to King Menelek II of Abyssinia, announced that he intended to commit suicide. A melancholy Tolstoian who could not conscientiously use violence on himself, he decided to starve himself to death. Last week, after 60 days of debilitating hunger, he succeeded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Tolstoian Suicide | 12/8/1930 | See Source »

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