" Yes," said she, in a cold, low, meaningless voice- in a voice that told nothing by its tones-" Lady Clara had better hear it from me." "Castle Richmond" by Anthony Trollope

His practical mind revolted against the gross ignorance and meaningless asceticism of Egypt. "A Short History of Monks and Monasteries" by Alfred Wesley Wishart

They see that much large kindness is prevented by the morality which is expressed in the idea of private property, that much large virtue is denied by the institution of marriage, that psychological truth and Christian kindness at once are not considered by the social court, which looks only to the law- to the complex, historical law, so often meaningless and unjust to human feeling, so often based upon special " interests" and ancient prejudices. "An Anarchist Woman" by Hutchins Hapgood