He appreciated that there was no royal road to medical wisdom, in the sense of a scientific shortcut by means of which manifestations of disease and their indications for treatment might be grouped together and easily learned.
"Makers of Modern Medicine"
James J. Walsh
Trusting in violence is a form of revolutionary romanticism, a seductive shortcut to other more basic kinds of social power.
"The Black Experience in America The Immigrant Heritage of America"
Norman Coombs
They had found no gold worth looking at twice, and, lingering too long in the search, they had rashly turned back on a shortcut across the desert.
"The Rangeland Avenger"
Max Brand