compare
verb (used with object)
to examine (two or more objects, ideas, people, etc.) in order to note similarities and differences.
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
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He will have compared his achievements with those of the race to little profit, if he does not recognize his relative insignificance, gathering sands on the ocean shore.
From The History of Dartmouth College by Baxter Perry Smith