The only difference is that the machinery of state is ten thousand times more complex than that of a steam-engine, and the powers for mischief and misfortune in due proportion.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
Thus was experienced the greatest joy of savage life in boreal wilds-the hunt of the musk ox, with the advantage of the complex cunning gathered by forgotten ages.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
But the same principle holds good in the more complex organization of industrial society that now exists, though its operation is more difficult to trace.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae