That there is but one cause known to us experimentally, which can determine the operation of force towards the attainment of a preconditioned result, none will deny-namely the purposive action of an intelligent will, as known to us in ourselves and in our fellow-men;-and to Will accordingly, immensely more intelligent than ours, has been ascribed the establishment of those laws which the highest intellects of our race are able partially and dimly to apprehend.
"The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer"
John Gerard
Self which it itself was ineluctably preconditioned to become.
"Ulysses"
James Joyce
You had your mind already preconditioned for the shot.
"Monkey On His Back"
Charles V. De Vet