In the end both fathers lost all hope and lived only on recollections, in the deep conviction that here in life now nothing awaited them and that only death would unite them with those dearest beings who were everything for them in the world.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
So widely apart are these two characters, that it is actually difficult to understand how they ever can unite in one man.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
And for this end the labouring class must first acquire political power, so as to obtain possession of the means of production; and to acquire political power, they must unite.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae