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“Our Mrs. Partingtons and the Democratic Ocean”
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“Mrs. Partington” was a common metaphor for those who refused to face political reality, particularly the progress of reform. In 1824, an English woman named Mrs. Partington, who lived on a beach, reportedly tried to sweep back (or mop up) a torrent of seawater that a gale was driving into her house. She did not give up until the deepening water forced her to seek shelter on the second story of her home. |
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