Trojan here alluding to the Greek legend of the Trojan horse, a huge, hollow wooden horse Greek soldiers hid in then left at the gates of Troy; the Trojans brought the horse into the city, and the soldiers crept out and opened the gates to the rest of the Greek army, which destroyed the city of Troy.
dyspepsia indigestion.
Octopus reference to the novel The Octopus, written by Frank Norris, in which farmers fought against the railroad monopoly.
recalcitrant hard to handle or deal with.
unregenerate not converted to a particular belief or viewpoint.
paternalism the principle or system of governing or controlling a country or group of employees in a manner suggesting a father's relationship with his children.
