Phineas had systematically Brutalized himself into fitness for the position.
"The Rough Road"
William John Locke
Our soap workers, you must understand, are no longer wage-slaves, Brutalized by toil and poverty; they are free citizens of a free society.
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
Upton Sinclair
He is Brutalized by incessant toil, he lives amid dirt and the filth of animals, he is, in the words of Edwin Markham: "A thing that grieves not and that never hopes, Stunted and stunned, a brother to the ox."
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
Upton Sinclair