But unless I am mistaken, every scientist in the end will be forced to come back to the central fact, that life is a unity, and that the heart of it is the spirit; that what we call the will is not an accident, not a delusion, not some by-product of nature, but is the very secret of life; and that behind it is a vast ocean of power, which now and then sweeps away all dykes, and floods into the human consciousness.
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
Upton Sinclair
Then the good missionary taught the men how to build dykes, that kept out the ocean and made the water of the rivers stay between the banks.
"Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks"
William Elliot Griffis
In the British Islands some dykes have been followed in a linear direction for very long distances.
"Geology"
James Geikie