Cobb, who had entered Buchanan's Cabinet as Secretary of the Treasury, and who spoke hopefully of making Kansas a slave state, insisted nevertheless that such a change must be "brought about by the recognized principles of carrying out the will of the majority which is the great doctrine of the Kansas Bill."
— from Abraham Lincoln and the Union: A Chronicle of the Embattled North by Nathaniel W. (Nathaniel Wright) Stephenson

A distant cousin or uncle by marriage, who kept a shoe store in New York, and who had visited them sometimes, was said to be rich, and she thought that if he would undertake the guardianship of the boy, and keep him in his family for some years, he might at last be promoted to the rank of clerk.
— from Watch—Work—Wait Or, The Orphan's Victory by Sarah A. (Sarah Ann) Myers