The work had gone with rapidity, yet with sureness, as in those early years of Christianity, which saw so rich and marvellous an Upgrowth from the old soil of humanity.
"The Case of Richard Meynell"
Mrs. Humphrey Ward
It shows us primitive or primeval man, the dawn of civilization, the daybreak of religion, the Upgrowth of national life.
"Moon Lore"
Timothy Harley
And psychology warns us, I think, that in our efforts to forward the Upgrowth of this spiritual life, we must take into account those earlier types of reaction to the universe which still continue underneath our bright modern appearance, and still inevitably condition and explain so many of our motives and our deeds.
"The Life of the Spirit and the Life of To-day"
Evelyn Underhill