Colonel Zell, at the time when Grant was up for the Presidency,
and when the Democratic watchword was, “Anything to beat Grant,”
was addressing an enthusiastic meeting of Republicans, when
a Democrat sang out, “It’s easy talkin’, colonel; but we’ll
show you something next fall.” The colonel was a great admirer
of Grant. He at once wheeled about and with uplifted hands,
hair bristling, and eyes flashing fire, cried out: “Build a
worm-fence ’round a winter supply of summer weather; catch a
thunderbolt in a bladder; break a hurricane to harness; hang
out the ocean on a grapevine to dry; but never, sir, never
for a moment delude yourself with the idea that you can beat
Grant.”--_Chambers’s Journal._
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=Image in the Soul=--See RESTORING GOD’S IMAGE.