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They fell away, though slowly, and slowly the voter saw a wider world and the wonder of the sea. THEY FELL AWAY THOUGH SLOWLY AND SLOWLY THE VOTER SAW A WIDER WORLD AND THE WONDER OF THE SEA
t to the voter some old bent thorns, and showed him the way that a wind had blown for a million years, coming up at dawn from the sea; and he told him of the storms that visit the ships, and their names and whence they come, and the currents they drive afield, and the way that the swallows go. And he spoke of the down where they sat, when the summer came, and the flowers that were not yet, and the different butterflies, and about the bats and the swifts, and the thoughts in the heart of man. He spoke of the aged windmill that stood on the down, and of how to children it seemed a strange old man who was only dead by day. And as he spoke, and as the sea-wind blew on that high and lonely place, there began to slip away from the voter's mind meaningless phrases that had crowded it long--thumping majority--victory in the fight--terminological inexactitudes--and the smell of paraffin lamps dangling in heated schoolrooms, and quotations taken from ancient speeches because the words were long. MAD THEN HE POINTED OUT TO THE VOTER SOME OLD BENT THORNS AND SHOWED HIM THE WAY THAT A WIND HAD BLOWN FOR A MILLION YEARS COMING UP AT DAWN FROM THE SEA AND HE TOLD HIM OF THE STORMS THAT VISIT THE SHIPS AND THEIR NAMES AND WHENCE THEY COME AND THE CURRENTS THEY DRIVE AFIELD AND THE WAY THAT THE SWALLOWS GO AND HE SPOKE OF THE DOWN WHERE THEY SAT WHEN THE SUMMER CAME AND THE FLOWERS THAT WERE NOT YET AND THE DIFFERENT BUTTERFLIES AND ABOUT THE BATS AND THE SWIFTS AND THE THOUGHTS IN THE HEART OF MAN HE SPOKE OF THE AGED WINDMILL THAT STOOD ON THE DOWN AND OF HOW TO CHILDREN IT SEEMED A STRANGE OLD MAN WHO WAS ONLY DEAD BY DAY AND AS HE SPOKE AND AS THE SEA WIND BLEW ON THAT HIGH AND LONELY PLACE THERE BEGAN TO SLIP AWAY FROM THE VOTER'S MIND MEANINGLESS PHRASES THAT HAD CROWDED IT LONG THUMPING MAJORITY VICTORY IN THE FIGHT TERMINOLOGICAL INEXACTITUDES AND THE SMELL OF PARAFFIN LAMPS DANGLING IN HEATED SCHOOL ROOMS AND QUOTATIONS TAKEN FROM ANCIENT SPEECHES BECAUSE THE WORDS WERE LONG
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