All that, however, is a question for the moralist; the point now is that in walking, even in that poor way, when, on account of physical weakness, it was often a pain and weariness, there are alleviations which may be more to us than positive pleasures, and scenes to delight the eye that are missed by the Wheelman in his haste, or but dimly seen or vaguely surmised in passing-green refreshing nooks and crystal streamlets, and shadowy woodland depths with glimpses of a blue sky beyond-all in the wilderness of the human heart.
"Afoot in England"
W.H. Hudson
Well on in middle age, he is still an enthusiastic out-of-doors man,-gardener, naturalist, pedestrian, Wheelman, and motorist, and commands an extraordinary amount of special knowledge in a variety of sports and sciences.
"Prophets of Dissent Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy"
Otto Heller
Had I been a scorcher, here would have been a chance to do a little record-breaking, for I was a powerful and practised Wheelman.
"A Bicycle of Cathay"
Frank R. Stockton