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#97831
03/07/2003 1:37 AM
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stranger
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what is "vanquished inferior" ?
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#97832
03/07/2003 2:25 AM
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Um--it's difficult to say, without some context, sue. I will guess that you have read this in a story. If that is the case, then the only thing I can think of that it means is that one person or group has been defeated, and that the defeat "proves" that they are inferior to the winner of the battle.
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#97833
03/07/2003 2:31 AM
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Jackie's hit on it, and she's right about needing context here, for it could have been "they" who were "vanquished inferior"--but it could have been an "it" (say, a concept such as freedom) or "she" or "he" who had been "vanquished inferior"--defeated as an inferior.
I don't know whether Churchill really said this--he was quoted in a grade-B movie I recently saw--but the phrase shows pluck:
"From failure to failure with enthusiasm."
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