There are difficulties in the way which seem insurmountable, and these difficulties are more numerous as the travellers fade into the distance; and likewise the number of travellers decreases as the journey is lengthened.
"The Mystery of the Locks"
Edgar Watson Howe
A man who habitually takes work to his home to finish and counts upon these extra hours, will soon find the value of his work decreases.
"Dollars and Sense"
Col. Wm. C. Hunter
The tendency, however, to do so, decreases.
"The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies"
Robert Gordon Latham