The decree had gone forth that timber and sandbags could only be issued for the front line and hospitals, with the natural result—every requisition was marked "for hospital" and initialled by some [Pg 160] strange hand, the owner of which was most likely of the humble rank of private.
— from New Zealanders at Gallipoli by Fred Waite

These writers were the product of the intellectual development of the many years that had passed since the pilgrims landed on the historic rock of Plymouth.
— from Our Intellectual Strength and Weakness A Short Historical and Critical Review of Literature, Art and Education in Canada by John George Bourinot