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&quot; slacked off &quot; again at the approach of the next swell. Just 

 so, the class at whose door lies the grievances of which the 

 &quot; Farmers Movement&quot; is the natural consequence, if they 



be wise, will yield with what grace 

 they may to the pressure of public 

 opinion. Persistence in a line of 

 conduct constantly growing more 

 and more intolerable will assuredly 

 overwhelm them with disaster, if 

 prolonged. Give way they must; 

 and the people must see to it that 

 vv^iT^n! whatsoever of wantonly usurped 



rights are now remanded to themselves, be maintained invio 

 late in the future. 



TYPES AND ANTITYPES. 



Our metaphor need not be enlarged upon. The people find 

 a fitting type in the vast, majestic ocean; popular opinion in 

 its waves, moving gently and quietly, when the elements 

 around are at peace, but sweeping all before them, when 

 lashed by the fury of a tornado. 



There is another groundswell, not born of the winds, 

 but of deep-hidden, volcanic fires. An earthquake occurs, 

 and an island or a continent is upheaved. The on-moving 

 waves thus resulting surge against the shores of an empire, 

 engulfing not only the fishermen s craft, but the stately 

 merchant- vessel and the man-of war ; even the villages and 

 cities that lie exposed are submerged. Here the antitype is 

 the fire that lives deep in the heart, where lie the springs 

 of human action. 



What a mere tidal wave, as to force, is to the storm-begot 

 ten groundswell, this mighty rush of waters, originating in 



