In good truth, he was a wondrous man; and when his
tongue had acquired him all other imaginable success- when it had been
heard in halls of state, and in the courts of princes and
potentates- after it had made him known all over the world, even as
a voice crying from shore to shore- it finally persuaded his
countrymen to select him for the presidency. Before this time- indeed,
as soon as he began to grow celebrated- his admirers had found out the
resemblance between him and the Great Stone Face; and so much were
they struck by it, that throughout the country this distinguished
gentleman was known by the name of Old Stony Phiz. The phrase was
considered as giving a highly favorable aspect to his political
prospects; for, as is likewise the case with the Popedom, nobody
ever becomes president without taking a name other than his own.
While his friends were doing their best to make him president,
Old Stony Phiz, as he was called, set out on a visit to the valley
where he was born. Of course, he had no other object than to shake
hands with his fellow-citizens, and neither thought nor cared about
any effect which his progress through the country might have upon
the election.
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