The work performed by the various forces employed in modifying the earth's crust is at one and the same time destructive and reconstructive.
"Geology"
James Geikie
The intrinsic beauty of the objects, and the light they shed on one of the most brilliant phases of human history, were in fact sufficient to justify the prevailing ardour; and the reconstructive habit he had acquired from Crescenti lent a living interest to the driest discussion between rival collectors.
"The Valley of Decision"
Edith Wharton
Now, through what some might have called a strange chapter of accidents, before the element of causal sequence in it all had become so manifest as it is to us to-day, this remarkable group of men had been brought together in a single room, while even yet but few of them realized how thoroughly and exhaustively reconstructive their work was to be.
"The Critical Period of American History"
John Fiske