Word: seest
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...flames still hidden but its sparks feeding inwardly on a spirit of dissatisfaction and antagonism. Franklin Roosevelt may have sensed this the evening he attended the spring Gridiron Club dinner, given by Washington's newshawks. First he was caricatured as Don Quixote exclaiming to Sancho Panza Garner: "Seest thou not yon fortress of privilege, yon castle of finance?" ("Them's windmills. Boss." said Sancho.) Next he was Pharaoh, telling ''Little Joseph" Wallace: "I had a dream last night. There were seven nice fat budgets all printed in black ink and along came seven scrawny budgets...
...Inscribed: "Oh beneficent sun, Thou seest nothing greater than the City of Rome...