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Walcott twins Clare--who was driven mad by social injustice and consoled by the smallest beings in nature--with mad Tom, Edgar's disguise in King Lear , who, like Clare, wanders the English countryside praising frogs and gnats: "I am moved like you, mad Tom, by a line of ants;/ I behold their industry and they are giants."
The national media consoled themselves by arguing that 1) turnout was low, except among Christian conservatives; 2) James made a last-minute racial appeal by airing an ad that paired Blount with black Birmingham Mayor Richard Arrington; 3) the primary exposed and exacerbated the national Republican feud between social and economic conservatives; and 4) the Democratic gubernatorial nominee will capitalize on this in November.
Spinsters were consoled by the proverb Better lang lowse daa ill teddered , and a grieving jilted girl was advised by the motto, Better ee hert braks dan aa da wirld winders , warning her not to show her feelings too strongly.
Reformers consoled themselves with the hope that regulators will likewise throw Hoffa off the ballot for campaign violations.
Those words consoled him.