It is true, certain regrettable abuses and incidents of misconduct still came to light in subsequent years, but these were sporadic instances, by no means characteristic of railroading methods and practices in general, condemned by the great body of those responsible for the conduct of our railroads, no less than by the public at large, and entirely capable of being dealt with by the existing law, possibly amended in nonessential features, and by the force of public opinion.
"Government Ownership of Railroads, and War Taxation"
Otto H. Kahn
Men who arrive anywhere in any direction always have the habit of ignoring the nonessential more or less strongly developed.
"The Grain Of Dust A Novel"
David Graham Phillips
One reason-perhaps the chief reason-why Norman had got up to the high places of material success at so early an age was that he had an unerring instinct for the essential and wasted no time or energy upon the nonessential.
"The Grain Of Dust A Novel"
David Graham Phillips