His was no lonely mountain-peak of mind—

Broad prairie, rather, genial, level-lined,

Fruitful and friendly for all human kind.

Here was a type of the true elder race,

And one of Plutarch’s men talked with us face to face.


Wendell Phillips.

He stood upon the world’s broad threshold; wide

The din of battle and of slaughter rolled;

He saw God stand upon the weaker side,