ENTHUSIASM, N. A Distemper Of Youth, Curable By Small Doses Of Repentance In Connection With Outward Applications Of Experience.

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ENTHUSIASM, n. A distemper of youth, curable by small doses of
repentance in connection with outward applications of experience.
Byron, who recovered long enough to call it "entuzy-muzy," had a
relapse, which carried him off -- to Missolonghi.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

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