John was but a mirror reflecting what was already in Him, possibly stimulating self-consciousness, but adding nothing to His fitness for His work.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
And, although the stimulating incentive of reaching the Pole on going north was gone, now, having accomplished the feat, there was always the thought that unless I got home no one should ever learn of that superhuman struggle, that final victory.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
Accordingly the first treatment which was principally directed against everything stimulating and enjoined great quiet, seemed to me the reverse of salutary.
"The Dead Lake and Other Tales"
Paul Heyse