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The grasshoppers in the corner of a fence, even without a newspaper to be heard in, sometimes make more noise than the flocks and herds that graze upon a thousand hills....
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Alexander uses this metaphor to illustrate how minor voices can sometimes overshadow larger, more significant ones in political discussions.
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