No doubt squirrels or monkeys of any kind, transported to an open or treeless country, would soon habituate themselves to their new situation,-for Nature affords many illustrations of this power of adaptation on the part of her creatures.
"Popular Adventure Tales"
Mayne Reid
To civilize them it was necessary first that the French should mingle with them and habituate them to their presence and mode of life, which could be done only by the increase of the colony, the greatest obstacle to which was on the part of the gentlemen of the company, who, to monopolize trade, did not wish the country to be settled, and did not even wish to make the Indians sedentary, which was the only condition favourable to the salvation of these heathen.
"The Makers of Canada: Champlain"
N. E. Dionne
We believed confidently in the tumultuous first weeks of the affair that mankind could not stand that strain for more than a few months; but we have learned it is possible to habituate humanity to the long elaboration of any folly, and for men to endure uncomplainingly racking by any cruelty that is devised by society, and for women to support any grief, however senselessly caused.
"Waiting for Daylight"
Henry Major Tomlinson