Now, the importance of exact knowledge concerning a new planet may not be apparent to the ordinary man; but if the thing which is discovered is, for example, an unknown ray which will move an engine or destroy a cancer, then we realize the worthwhileness of research, and the masters of the world's commerce are willing to give here and there a pittance for the increase of such knowledge.
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
Upton Sinclair
Even the morning service came back with a sense of worthwhileness as he recalled it in the semi-consciousness of approaching sleep.
"The Cow Puncher"
Robert J. C. Stead