Quote of the day
My ship was also in better condition than when she sailed from Boston on her long voyage. She was still as sound as a nut, and as tight as the best ship afloat. She did not leak a drop - not one drop!
Horace Fletcher
Born: 1849
Died: July 14, 1919 (aged 70)
Bio: Horace Fletcher was an American health food enthusiast of the Victorian era who earned the nickname "The Great Masticator", by arguing that food should be chewed about 100 times per minute before being swallowed: "Nature will castigate those who don't masticate".
Known for:
- Fletcherism, what it is (1913)
- The new glutton or epicure (1903)
- Menticulture (1895)
- A.B.-Z. of our own nutrition (1903)