Not the dwellers in the glare of the world, but the humble and lowly, most clearly perceive this truth,--as watchers placed in the depths of a well observe the stars which are obscured to those who live in the effulgence of noon.
Sumner uses a metaphor to illustrate how the humble can see truths obscured from the powerful.
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