The conversation soon turned on Indian habits and customs; the numerical strength of the tribes in the great Columbia basin, their war tendencies and their desire of, and capability for a higher civilization, at least so far as the tribes under his supervision were concerned.
"Memoirs of Orange Jacobs"
Orange Jacobs
I confess I am much impressed by the general type and the expression of quiet strength and capability of these men of the Indian Services.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch
To grow in consciousness is to grow in the capability and in the desire for joy; to decline rather than advance, in the physical power of attaining it.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr