His was not the magnetism which constrains allegiance almost in despite of reason-the power which was possessed by his first and only leader, Parnell.
"John Redmond's Last Years"
Stephen Gwynn
Such, in general, and necessarily, must be that of any "fleet in being," in the strict sense of the phrase, which involves inferiority of force; whereas the stronger force, if handled with sagacity and strength, constrains the weaker in its orbit as the earth governs the moon.
"Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles"
Alfred T. Mahan
That influence, whatever it may be, constantly deflects the earth from the rectilinear path which it tends to pursue, and constrains it to trace out an ellipse instead of a straight line.
"The Story of the Heavens"
Robert Stawell Ball