Both Uses of
Hydra
in
Anna Karenina
- He read the leading article, in which it was maintained that it was quite senseless in our day to raise an outcry that radicalism was threatening to swallow up all conservative elements, and that the government ought to take measures to crush the revolutionary hydra; that, on the contrary, "in our opinion the danger lies not in that fantastic revolutionary hydra, but in the obstinacy of traditionalism clogging progress," etc., etc. He read another article, too, a financial one, which alluded to Bentham and Mill, and dropped some innuendoes reflecting on the ministry.†
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- He read the leading article, in which it was maintained that it was quite senseless in our day to raise an outcry that radicalism was threatening to swallow up all conservative elements, and that the government ought to take measures to crush the revolutionary hydra; that, on the contrary, "in our opinion the danger lies not in that fantastic revolutionary hydra, but in the obstinacy of traditionalism clogging progress," etc., etc. He read another article, too, a financial one, which alluded to Bentham and Mill, and dropped some innuendoes reflecting on the ministry.†
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Definition:
Greek mythology: a monster with nine heads; when struck off each head was replaced by two new ones
or more generally (as a common noun):
trouble that cannot be overcome by a single effort because of its many aspects or its persistent and pervasive quality
or more generally (as a common noun):
trouble that cannot be overcome by a single effort because of its many aspects or its persistent and pervasive quality