But I accept this delicate volatility as simply another pastel-soft sense-impression-as an earnest of the worthy, smelly things of old jungles.
"Edge of the Jungle"
William Beebe
Gardening, by postponing the results of labour, exciting hope, and by its daily advances, encouraging to perseverance, will tend to produce a most beneficial moral effect; and will greatly assist the teacher in establishing and strengthening some of those valuable checks upon the volatility of the young mind, which are exceedingly necessary for the proper conduct of life, but which there is usually but small opportunity of cultivating in youth.
"A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education"
James Gall
He dropped a word of the whispers of Clotilde's volatility.
"The Tragic Comedians, Complete"
George Meredith Last Updated: March 7, 2009