He was hopelessly caught in the mesh.

Wrong seemed indissolubly knitted into the texture of Right.

He was blinded, dizzied, overwhelmed, caught in the current of events, and hurried along he knew not where.

He resigned himself.
In the end, and after much ostentatious opposition on the part of the railroad heelers, Lyman was nominated and subsequently elected.
When this consummation was reached Magnus, Osterman, Broderson, and Annixter stared at each other.

Their wildest hopes had not dared to fix themselves upon so easy a victory as this.