Plutarch, writing in 75 A.D.:
After a long and obstinate fight, the first giving ground is reported to have been where Pyrrhus himself engaged with extraordinary courage; but they were most carried away by the overwhelming force of the elephants, not being able to make use of their valour, but overthrown as it were by the irruption of a sea or an earthquake, before which it seemed better to give way than to die without doing anything, and not gain the least advantage by suffering the utmost extremity, the retreat to their camp not being far. Hieronymus says there fell six thousand of the Romans, and of Pyrrhus's men, the king's own commentaries reported three thousand five hundred and fifty lost in this action. Dionysius, however, neither gives any account of two engagements at Asculum, nor allows the Romans to have been certainly beaten, stating that once only after they had fought till sunset, both armies were unwillingly separated by the night, Pyrrhus being wounded by a javelin in the arm, and his baggage plundered by the Samnites, that in all there died of Pyrrhus's men and the Romans above fifteen thousand. The armies separated; and, it is said, Pyrrhus replied to one that gave him joy of his victory that one other such would utterly undo him. For he had lost a great part of the forces he brought with him, and almost all his particular friends and principal commanders; there were no others there to make recruits, and he found the confederates in Italy backward. On the other hand, as from a fountain continually flowing out of the city, the Roman camp was quickly and plentifully filled up with fresh men, not at all abating in courage for the loss they sustained, but even from their very anger gaining new force and resolution to go on with the war.
Today's Washington Post:
Her organization, though, is drained of money and energy. Outgunned by Obama in the fundraising department, the Clinton campaign is carrying millions of dollars in debt, although officials would not say how much, and it threw everything it had into Texas and Ohio. Campaign aides expressed optimism that she will draw a new infusion of money after these primaries and have enough to go forward, although that remains unclear.
Let us remember, please, what it took to get Sen. Clinton to her narrow delegate victory (at best) last night: skipping the eleven previous contests and losing big in each, then going all-in for one last battle.
Well, guess what -- contrary to what she said on The Daily Show this week (FF to 1:20 in or so), the "next state" is not Pennsylvania -- it's Wyoming. Then Mississippi. She will lose them both, and these voters count. Don't let her tell you otherwise.
Right now, she is broke.
Right now, she doesn't want you to think anything matters for six weeks.
Right now, she doesn't want you to pay attention to Obama's pledged delegate lead, because right now, we are winning significantly.
Right now, we have already dusted last night off our shoulders.
Right now, we have won twelve of the last fifteen contests.
Right now, Clinton's campaign leadership and finances are in disarray.
Right now, she cannot afford a fifty-state strategy.
Right now, we are strong.
Right now, if you can give $10, $25, $50, $100 or more, we will be even stronger.
Right now, you can tell a superdelegate why you're supporting Barack Obama.
Right now, you can help us write the next chapter in American history. Join us.