Uncooperative deity

“Ancient of Days,’’ by William Blake, 1794

“Although he’s regularly asked to do so, God does not take sides in American politics.’’

— George J. Mitchell (born 1933), former U.S. senator (and majority leader) from Maine, diplomat, federal judge and author. He was born and raised in Waterville, Maine, a former manufacturing town (e.g., Hathaway Shirts) now best known as the home of Colby College. Mr. Mitchell himself graduated from Bowdoin College, in Brunswick, Maine.

Waterville City Hall and Opera House in 1905, when the city was a thriving manufacturing center.