Why, it is all he steers by; without it, he would be as helpless as a compass under the flare of Northern Lights; and he no doubt regards it as a mark of blood, the proof of his kinship with the Preadamite family of the Saurians.
"The Function Of The Poet And Other Essays"
James Russell Lowell
Perhaps they have not forgotten that mother Eve lived in this Preadamite garden, and that if she had been thrashed a little before her first fault, she would probably not have committed it.
"The Adventures of a Special Correspondent"
Jules Verne