From this convulsion, in the entrails of their politics, it is more than probable, that the mountain groaning in labor, will bring forth a mouse, as to its size, and a monster in its make.
In "The American Crisis," Paine uses a metaphor to express his skepticism about the significant outcomes of British political turmoil.
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