Under a communal system with many members this method of arrangement is almost indispensable to avoid quarrels and prevent the indolent from shirking their proper share of the work, but its agricultural disadvantages are so great that it never long resists an improving husbandry.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
"No." "I have tried all my life to convince myself that I possessed the spark of immortality, but my stubborn brain resists the attempt.
"The Mystery of the Locks"
Edgar Watson Howe
In this locality the infection sometimes resists the winters, especially if they are mild.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler