Though simple in character, there is nothing the ballot may not accomplish,--like the homely household lamp in Arabian story, which, at call of its possessor, evoked a spirit that did all things, from the building of a palace to the rocking of a cradle, and filled the air with an invisible presence.
Sumner uses a metaphor to illustrate the transformative power of the ballot in achieving great things.
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