However splendid the art in such a case we put it well down below that art which exerts the same amount of effort in trying to sustain the will to believe in, and so to bring about the reign of things we really want.
"George Du Maurier, the Satirist of the Victorians"
T. Martin Wood
The direct force or action which he exerts is a downward pull upon the rope, and it is the reaction of the rope to this pull which lifts him along it.
"A Text-Book of Astronomy"
George C. Comstock
Dion is often conscious of the difficulty of his task; and he exerts all his trained dexterity to appease opposition, and gain a hearing for his message.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill