And by miracle I do not merely mean something new, strange, and not very easy of comprehension-I mean something which violates every canon of thought which in the palpable world we are accustomed to respect; something as alien to, and inconceivable by, us as contradiction in terms, the destructibility of force or matter, or the creation of something out of nothing.
"Luck or Cunning?"
Samuel Butler
Existing with no evidence of its destruction or of its destructibility, we ought to believe in its immortality; hence, I conclude, if a man die, he will live again.
"Memoirs of Orange Jacobs"
Orange Jacobs
We should be forced to believe in the thorough degradation and destructibility of both mind and matter.
"A New Atmosphere"
Gail Hamilton