For it is noticeable that, however fierce and fearless a man or even a wild beast may be, yet if either has hitherto been only familiar with victory and triumph, never yet having met with a foe that could cope with its force, the first effect of a defeat, especially from a despised adversary, unhinges and half paralyzes the whole nervous system.
"Kenelm Chillingly, Complete"
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
It so unhinges the man.
"The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter"
"Pheleg Van Trusedale" A pseudonym for Francis Colburn Adams