This is probably what happens in the case of animals for want of any higher Vivifying principle, and would be the same with us were it not for the fact of having such a higher principle.
"The Law and the Word"
Thomas Troward
It shows that Roman civilisation advanced without this Vivifying influence,-that the mind of the race early reached the maturity of manhood, without passing through the dreams of childhood or the buoyant fancies of youth.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
I can only write down dryly all that I remember of what he said; but when he himself utters his thoughts there is so much cleverness, originality and wit in them that they refresh the mind, like the inhaling of Vivifying salt, and never leave a bitter taste behind.
"The Dead Lake and Other Tales"
Paul Heyse