Over seventeen thousand were shot down by the victors in this last week.
"A History of the Third French Republic"
C. H. C. Wright
To the forgotten trail makers whose book of experience has been a guide; To the fallen victors whose bleached bones mark steps in the ascent of the ladder of latitudes; To these, the pathfinders-past, present and future-I inscribe the first page.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
He was a thorough-going believer in the doctrine, "To the victors belong the spoils," and as he credited the Republican party with the preservation of the Union, he saw no reason why its adherents should not use or abuse its government without let or hindrance from men who had sought to destroy it.
"Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions"
Slason Thompson