We can find no term in the gradation, from the plowshare to the cathedral buttress, at which we can set a logical distinction.
Beyond the clash of swords and the swish of spears they see the mild and productive era of the plowshare and the pruning hook.
The sword is turned into the plowshare, and peace triumphs over bloodshed.
Since the location of these remains the plowshare has leveled many mounds, but several can yet be traced.
It was a bony brown face, slightly oily, with a long narrow jaw that jutted forward like a plowshare under an elastic smirk.