I have attended radical conventions, sitting in unventilated halls amid clouds of tobacco smoke, and listening to men wrangle all through the day and a great part of the night; I have watched the fatal dissensions in the movement, the quarrelings of the right wingers and the left wingers and all stages and degrees in between, and I have wondered-not jestingly, but in pitying earnest-how much of all those personalities and factional misunderstanding had their origin in carbon dioxide and nicotine.
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
Upton Sinclair
He said this jestingly, but in his soul he feared, as by the strong daylight Nell plainly had a sickly countenance and for the first time he clearly understood that if it continued thus the poor child not only might, but must, die.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
He asked still jestingly, but really was uneasy and his uneasiness increased when Nell answered: "I don't know.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz