The necessary being, the sun of eternity, the mechanist of nature, the eye of justice, the watch-maker of the universe, the soul of the world.
"Anecdotes & Incidents of the Deaf and Dumb"
W. R. Roe
We can think of the mechanism, and the organism, and the design, without thinking of the mechanist, or the organizer, or the designer; and so in all cases where two ideas are connected without being actually correlative.
"The Faith of the Millions (2nd series)"
George Tyrrell
The stone wall before the honest mechanist is the abolition of purpose, and design, an old insoluble problem upon his premises.
"The Glands Regulating Personality"
Louis Berman, M.D.