“The two stand side by side, and sometimes it is hard to see which is foremost. One was the creator and the other the preserver of his nation.”
“How do I compare with Washington and Lincoln?”
CHAPTER XXXV.
The question for the moment took away the breath of the American. He looked into the crimson, flabby countenance and wondered if the man was in earnest. He was. By great effort, Major Starland held back the laugh tugging at the corners of his mouth.
“Well,” said he, pulling himself together and speaking slowly, “perhaps you come, say within a thousand miles of each. I don’t see how the distance can be shortened.”
“That depends upon the place you give others,” blandly observed the Dictator, who accepted the rating as a compliment; “where do you place General Bolivar?”