And what is more, I know no one who ever did!
— from The Rhymer by Allan McAulay

So when Alan wanted to marry her, and make her into a fine lady herself, I was overwhelmed with joy; and I felt I no longer minded what I had gone through, now that I knew no one would ever dare to be rude to my beautiful daughter.
— from The Farringdons by Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler

Years were required before an accurate system was obtained, but eventually, by the aid of many clerks and the introduction of weighing scales at various points in the mill, we began to know not only what every department was doing, but what each one of the many men working at the furnaces was doing, and thus to compare one with another.
— from Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie by Andrew Carnegie