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"'Another such victory, and I am undone'-Pyrrhus" |
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Cartoonist: Thomas Nast |
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Source: Harper's Weekly |
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Date:
March 24, 1877, p. 232
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Complete HarpWeek Explanation:
The Republican Elephant mutters at the graveside of the Democratic Tiger that he
cannot endure "another such victory." He is battered and bruised, with
severed tail, yet wears the laurel wreath of champions after the Electoral
Commission awarded Rutherford Hayes the presidency. Pyrrhus, the author of the
quote, was a king of ancient Epirus, after whom the term "Pyrrhic
Victory"-meaning a costly win-was named. |
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