Under this view we are all what he terms conscious Automata, or machines which happen, as it were by chance, to be conscious of some of their own movements.
"Luck or Cunning?"
Samuel Butler
They, too, moved on with the air of Automata, without emotions or any consciousness of good or evil.
"Command"
William McFee
Millions of men, conscious of crying grievances, are not to be treated as Automata.
"A Second Coming"
Richard Marsh