The baselessness of the reasonings used to bolster up the British clinging to superfluous letters is very ably shown in Professor Matthews' Americanisms and Briticisms.
"America To-day, Observations and Reflections"
William Archer
Oswald had invited his friend to Millbank; and Coningsby, having learnt the baselessness of the report that had driven him from Paris, gladly accepted.
"The World's Greatest Books, Vol III"
Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton, Eds.
But he was soon to discover the baselessness of this fear.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers