is getting through.” Ahithophel gave out, but Hushai got through. Ahithophel manufactured a conduit, but Hushai painted a picture. Ponder this fact: we think in pictures even though we speak and write with words. In his book The Human Situation, W. Macneile Dixon wrote: If I were asked what has been the most powerful force in the making of history, you would probably judge me of unbalanced mind were I to answer, as I should have to answer, metaphor, figurative expression.