In the gloom of a prison the torture of hunger is doubtless frightful, but in the broad light of day, in the eyes of a whole country, in face of all the resources of nature, its sufferings are beyond all description.
— from The Invasion of France in 1814 by Erckmann-Chatrian

The ambitions of Africanderdom were discussed in the broad light of day in the editorial, in the sermon, in the speech, though the details by which those ambitions were to be carried out were only whispered on the Dutch stoeps.
— from The War in South Africa, Its Cause and Conduct by Arthur Conan Doyle