This is the kind of darkness that causes men to sink; they run upon the rocks, and go down in darkness, no living soul hearing their cry.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
That asked not for causes and reasons, But made us all feeling and voice?
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
It is the effect of the magnetism in the earth upon the compass needle which causes the compass error and makes it necessary to correct it.
"Lectures in Navigation"
Ernest Gallaudet Draper