He was not longsighted enough, and he did not see as a whole even what was within his range of vision.
"Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France"
Edmund Gosse
The eye of faith is never so keen but that it may become more longsighted; its grasp never so close but that it may be tightened; its realisation never so solid but that it may be more substantial; its authority never so great but that it may be made more absolute.
"The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon"
Alexander Maclaren