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...work of putting the infamous record of the last administration in its true light. It is futile to direct effort to shadowy issues. It is childish to pretend that a likeness exists between Mr. Davis and Mr. Coolidge. It is as well to compare black with white as to liken Mr. Davis, one of this country's most capable lawyers and one of the most able men ever sent as Ambassador to Great Britain, with the man whose weakness and inaction has brought untold disgrace to the national government...
...absorbing cares and duties of every-day life. It is so even in religion. Religion is everywhere seeking ingress to the heart of man, and the knowledge of Christ is ready for those who are willing to search. The door is open, but no one enters. We can liken to this our modern discoveries. The knowledge of electricity, of the telegraph and telephone has been knocking from time immemorial at the minds of men; but it was not until some great man threw open the doors of his intellect to these things, and gave them ingress, that they became known...
...Liken them not to anything...
...third and last class of this strange order of beings are the Anthropoids, i. e. those having the form and appearance of men. This is a comparatively small class, and I liken them unto the grains of wheat that fell upon stony ground, for they would seem to be capable of bringing forth fruit if they were only in their right position. We really feel for them and pity them...
...Western enthusiast would liken our temporary passivity to the falcon's poise in the air before his unerring swoop; a Harvard indifferentist rejects - the simile...