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Tuesday, June 26, 2007
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Fellow Logophiles,
Did you ever wonder why we call graham crackers by this
name? Well, let me share with you the story of young
Presbyterian minister Sylvester Graham...
Graham became so ardent a temperance advocate that he not
only traveled far and wide to lecture on the demon rum, but
also invented a vegetable diet which he was sure would be a
cure for those suffering from the evils of drink. Graham
soon extended his mission to include changing America's sin-
ful eating habits. Meats and fats, he said, led to sexual
excesses, and mustard and catsup could cause insanity, but
Graham mainly urged the substitution of bread made of home-
made unsifted whole wheat flour for white bread.
From 1830 on, Graham boardinghouses, Graham societies, and
Graham food stores sprang up throughout the land. Modern
science has affirmed his belief that refining flour robs it
of vitamins and minerals, and most of his regimen, including
vegetables and fruits in the diet, fresh air while sleeping,
moderate eating, and abundant exercise, is now widely
accepted. His memorials are the graham flour, graham bread,
and graham crackers that his followers ate and dedicated to
him.
Sincerely,
Carly
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WORD: equanimity ee-kwuh-NIM-uh-tee; ek-wuh- (noun)
: Evenness of mind; that calm temper or firmness of mind
which is not easily elated or depressed
SYNONYMS: * patience
* calmness
* composure
WORD WISE: Equanimity comes from Latin aequanimitas,
impartiality, calmness, from aequanimus, impartial, even-
tempered, from aequus, even + animus, mind, soul.
QUOTE: "When one is happy, one can look at both comedy and
tragedy with equanimity."
--Phillip Lopate, Totally, Tenderly, Tragically: Essays and
Criticism From a Lifelong Love Affair With the Movies
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BONUS WORD OF THE DAY: lucubration loo-kyoo-BRAY-shun
(noun)
: The act of studying by candlelight; nocturnal study;
meditation.
: That which is composed by night; that which is produced by
meditation in retirement; hence (loosely) any literary
composition.
Lucubration comes from Latin lucubratus, past participle of
lucubrare, to work by night, composed at night (as by
candlelight), ultimately connected with lux, light. Hence
it is related to lucent, shining, bright; and lucid, bright
with the radiance of intellect.
OBSCURE AND UNUSUAL WORDS
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1) huttoning hut en ing (noun)
: manipulation of a dislocated or stiff joint
After Richard and Robert Hutton, two English bonesetters.
2) logastellus lo gas tel us (noun)
: "a person whose enthusiasm for words outstrips his or
her knowledge of them"
John McClellan in "Word Ways," Vol. 3 No. 3, 1970
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