No earthly tie is perfect, and therefore no earthly obedience can be absolute.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"
G. A. Chadwick
Science is "second, not the first," "For she is earthly of the mind, But Wisdom heavenly of the soul."
"A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam'"
Alfred Gatty
But the first glance at my small low room reconciled me quickly to the thought that this was to be my last earthly habitation.
"The Dead Lake and Other Tales"
Paul Heyse