Nor did the starting of the train, with cheers, brass bands, flags, and other enthusing elements, make more than a temporary break.
"The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him"
Paul Leicester Ford
It is much the most effective teacher of morals and promoter of good conduct that the ingenuity of man has yet devised, for the reason that its lessons are not taught wearily by book and by dreary homily, but by visible and enthusing action; and they go straight to the heart, which is the rightest of right places for them.
"The Letters Of Mark Twain, Volume 6, 1907-1910"
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) Last Updated: February 18, 2009
"Now, just you look at this-here, Miss Lawrence," the man was enthusing, undoing another package.
"Murder in the Gunroom"
Henry Beam Piper