National Affairs: Weary Ox

"I have often felt sympathetic with the old ox down in my country—that had been worked all day in the sun, who sees over in the distance a little shade under a tree and then you can not hold that ox back; he wants to get under that shade. . . ."

A well-filled Senate listened to these words and knew they were not facetious. They were spoken in the familiar voice of Pat Harrison, but youngsters in the Senate had not heard the same ring in it before. Oldsters had not heard that ring...

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