When was the last time a Vice President shot a man?
First correct answer gets a free, lifetime subscription to Marc Stier at Large.
Thanks to Karl Marx for the title. In the 18th Brumaire of Louis Napolean he writes “Hegel says that history repeats itself. He forgot to add the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce.” And no, David Horowitz, knowing this quotation does not make me a Marxist.
PS Does anyone know what a Brumaire is?
7 Responses to “The first time as tragedy, the second time as farce”
hint: it involved a duel, not a hunt…
- Matthew Flaschen Says:
February 16th, 2006 at 7:53 pm
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Alexander Hamilton shot rival Aaron Burr in a duel.
- Matthew Flaschen Says:
February 16th, 2006 at 9:05 pm
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Err, other way around.
First, on Brumaire:
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Brumaire was the second month in the French Republican Calendar. The month was named after the French word brume (mist) which occur frequently at that time of the year.
Brumaire was the second month of the autumn quarter (mois d’automne). It started between October 22 and October 24. It ended between November 20 and November 22. It follows the Vendémiaire and precedes the Frimaire.
In political/historical usage, Brumaire often refers to the coup d’état of 18 Brumaire in the year VIII (9 November 1799), by which General Napoleon Bonaparte overthrew the government of the Directory to replace it with the Consulate.