We thought that perfection was to be reached at a bound.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"
G. A. Chadwick
This seemed to be the more surprising because of the excellence of the road-bed, the remarkable perfection of the rolling stock, and the manifest desire upon all hands, so far as the officials were concerned, to render the passengers as comfortable as possible.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
One mustn't expect perfection; and it wasn't altogether what you said-that merely fired the train.
"A Prairie Courtship"
Harold Bindloss