Macrobian
[mæ'krәubiәn]
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. One forgotten of the gods and living to a great age. History is abundantly supplied with examples from Methuselah to Old Parr but some notable instances of longevity are less well known. A Calabrian peasant named Coloni born in 1753 lived so long that he had what he considered a glimpse of the dawn of universal peace. Scanavius relates that he knew an archbishop who was so old that he could remember a time when he did not deserve hanging. In 1566 a linen draper of Bristol England declared that he had lived five hundred years and that in all that time he had never told a lie. There are instances of longevity (macrobiosis) in our own country. Senator Chauncey Depew is old enough to know better. The editor of The American a newspaper in New York City has a memory that goes back to the time when he was a rascal but not to the fact. The President of the United States was born so long ago that many of the friends of his youth have risen to high political and military preferment without the assistance of personal merit. The verses following were written by a macrobian:
Editor: Moll