Persons are differently constituted, and what is natural to one will be formal and artificial to another.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
War and devastation constituted their profession, while the common people for ages reaped the fruit of famine and slaughter.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
Under the social contract, by which they conceived the State to be constituted, individuals gave up all their rights and possessions to the community, and got them back immediately afterwards as mere State concessions, which there could be no injustice in withdrawing again next day for the greater good of the community.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae