Now the first attempts that society made to effect this adjustment were not unnaturally attended with imperfection.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
The human asserts itself; the brute-like becomes softened away; what imperfection remains creates pity rather than disgust.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr
She herself was quite dissatisfied with her efforts, but she never ascribed their imperfection to any want of capacity, but always to the fact that the free flight of her fancy was cramped by her domestic cares.
"Erlach Court"
Ossip Schubin