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Chapter XXXII

           ComparedwithButlerandMollenhauerhewasmorepowerfulthaneither,forherepresentedtheStateandthenation.WhenthepoliticalauthoritieswhoweretryingtoswinganationalelectionwereanxioustodiscoverwhattheStateofPennsylvaniawoulddo,sofarastheRepublicanpartywasconcerned,itwastoSenatorSimpsonthattheyappealed.Intheliteralsenseoftheword,heknew.TheSenatorhadlongsincegraduatedfromStatetonationalpolitics,andwasaninterestingfigureintheUnitedStatesSenateatWashington,wherehisvoiceinalltheconservativeandmoneyedcouncilsofthenationwasofgreatweight.

           Thehousethatheoccupied,ofVenetiandesign,andfourstoriesinheight,boremanyarchitecturalmarksofdistinction,suchasthefloriatedwindow,thedoorwiththesemipointedarch,andmedallionsofcoloredmarblesetinthewalls.TheSenatorwasagreatadmirerofVenice.Hehadbeenthereoften,ashehadtoAthensandRome,andhadbroughtbackmanyartisticobjectsrepresentativeofthecivilizationsandrefinementsofolderdays.Hewasfond,foronething,ofthestern,sculpturedheadsoftheRomanemperors,andthefragmentsofgodsandgoddesseswhicharethebesttestimonyoftheartisticaspirationsofGreece.

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