Nor is there any conspicuous example among the saints of a man being thrust into a rank for which he was not previously made fit.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"
G. A. Chadwick
There is a large population of well-educated native and foreign-born people whose permanent home is here, among whom a German element is the most conspicuous.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
Marx built up the doctrine, however, into a more systematic form, and it is through him and not through the Owenites it has come into the present socialist movement in which it plays so conspicuous a part.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae