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Cincinnatus, Lucius Quinctius, approximately 529 B.C.-approximately 430 B.C.

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The modern Cincinnatus, who will not leave his plough

The modern Cincinnatus, who will not leave his plough

Former president Grover Cleveland, as “Cincinnatus,” is working a field with a plow labeled “Domesticity.” An elderly woman labeled “Democracy” is standing in the field, holding a paper which states “Cleveland’s letter of retirement ‘Unalterable and Conclusive’.” She is perplexed as Cleveland gestures with his right hand for her not to approach him.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

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1903-12-30