The powder is all ready in this land of ours; our job is to keep off the sparks until we can spread the stuff so it will only go puff instead of bang.

This man Karlov is bad medicine for democracy.
Poor devil!" "Why do you say that ?" "Because I'm honestly sorry for them.

This fellow Karlov has suffered.
He is now a species of madman nothing will cure.

He and his kind have gained their ends in Russia, but the impetus to kill and burn and loot is still unchecked.

Sorry, yes; but we can't have them here.