"Let us then look a little further at this symbol of Rev.13:11-17, and see if our government has developed any features in its past history, or present character, which answer to the specifications brought to view in the symbol.
That is, it will be no second-rate power, but as strong a nation as has ever been seen, since empire began.
Our own country, as already mentioned, answers admirably to this condition."
Uriah Smith