The reader can easily realize what a triumph of engineering skill it is when he sees a well-freighted steamboat climb a mountain side, float through lock after lock, and after reaching the apex of the hilly country, descend with equal facility towards the coast and sea-level.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
She knew the violence of her prejudices, the enormous amount of her self-esteem, and the facility with which she was ever able to persuade herself that whatever she wished to do assumed at once all the importance and gravity of a duty!
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
The facility with which men become masters causes extraordinary competition, and its inevitable result, insufficient remuneration.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae