He wondered what she was doing-how she was dressed-what she was thinking-what she was feeling- -He wondered if she was suffering-if she thought he was suffering-if she was sorry for him-He made himself as wretched as possible, and then some voice of comfort anteceding all reasoning, told him to be of good cheer; for if Cornelia had ever loved him, she must love him still; and if she had only been amusing herself with his devotion, then what folly to break his heart for a girl who had no heart worth talking about.
"The Maid of Maiden Lane"
Amelia E. Barr
And I shall merely add that the grammatical norm, which in the realistic conception of grammar is presented as a rule, anteceding actual speech both in time and ideally, has in reality no validity whatsoever excepting as a law internal to the speaking itself, which brings out its normative force only in the act itself of speaking.
"The Reform of Education"
Giovanni Gentile