Because nature and human kind are so vast that, as a whole they daunt the young mind, even to the point of checking its growth, it is necessary that some one, who has had time to analyze it in some degree, should call attention to points; and it is the consummate art of education to know what points to touch, so that the mind shall make out the octave; for, unless it does so, it will not act to purpose.
"Education in The Home, The Kindergarten, and The Primary School"
Elizabeth P. Peabody
They were enough to daunt a stronger man than Calvin Gray, these two.
"Flowing Gold"
Rex Beach
Moreover, the fame of the Chasseurs, of those colossal heroes with their terrible sabres, of their legendary prowess in the Crimea, in China, in Italy, in Africa, none of it seemed to daunt the Mexican in the least.
"The Missourian"
Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle