He trusted more to the faith which slowly grew with the growth of the believer's mind than to the immediate acceptance of verbal assertions.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
He had, at least, discredited Jake, and it was evident that if the man made any more assertions of a similar nature, which was very unlikely, no one would listen to them.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton
Their loud speeches, their fault-finding, their strong assertions, are grounded on nothing.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae