How distressing for a daughter to find her heart Militating with her filial duty!
"The Contrast"
Royall Tyler
Notwithstanding that a large number of species have from time to time been enumerated as edible, yet those commonly employed and recognized are very few in number, prejudice in many cases, and fear in others, Militating strongly against additions to the number.
"Fungi: Their Nature and Uses"
Mordecai Cubitt Cooke
With all these statements forwarded by me to the United States Navy Department I am perfectly willing to rest the case with impartial and unprejudiced minds, as well as with my own Government, satisfied that nothing has been done by the foregoing officers, nor myself, Militating at all against the strictest rules of military honor and usage.
"The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner"
John Wilkinson