So many follow because a crowd streams after Him and carries them with it; so many follow because it is a fashion, and they have no opinion of their own; so many follow experimentally, and drop off at the first difficulty; so many follow under misapprehension, and with mistaken expectations.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
It had been hallowed by the consensus of the primitive fathers of the science, and it seemed now to be confirmed beyond question experimentally by the success of the practical legislation in which it had been exemplified during the previous quarter of a century.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
I'd like to see the philosophy carried out experimentally say for three years in a bad district, such as between Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch