She who has learnt it, can only ask herself if this old world-sorrow be cause for rejoicing through the onward impulse ever forced upon the soul; if it be sent to us in probation.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr
The admission to the duties and privileges of manhood is preceded by a probation.
"The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies"
Robert Gordon Latham
"I can not disguise from you, Jupe," said Mr. Gradgrind, knitting his brow, "that the result of your probation there has disappointed me-has greatly disappointed me.
"Dickens As an Educator"
James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes