It is giving up the inessentials which have grown beyond one's powers, for the sake of the duties which, after all, are most essentially imposed on one by the nature of one's powers.
"The Letters of William James, Vol. II"
William James
Many went through life so entirely satisfied with inessentials; so half-awake.
"The Disturbing Charm"
Berta Ruck
Here is the case, bared of all inessentials: Swain crosses the wall about eleven o'clock, cutting his wrist as he does so; Miss Vaughan meets him about eleven-thirty, and after a time, finds that his wrist is bleeding and ties her handkerchief about it; they agree to have her father examined for lunacy, arrange a meeting for the next night, and are about to separate, when her father rushes in upon them, savagely berates Swain and takes his daughter away.
"The Gloved Hand"
Burton E. Stevenson