The people have suffered too much from the saloon to make
concessions and adopt the gentle way of trying to smooth
down the tiger’s back. They will insist on using Roosevelt’s
way with fierce African lions. Wise was that man who, being
remonstrated with for prodding the attacking bulldog with the
tines of a pitchfork, and asked why he didn’t use the other end,
indignantly inquired, “Why didn’t he come at me, then, with the
other end?”
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