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Their resemblance, at most, extends to the proverbial identity of chalk and cheese.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Their resemblance, at most, extends to the proverbial identity of chalk and cheese.”
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Sumner uses a metaphor to emphasize the lack of similarity between two cases being discussed.
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