... Penington called it "lawful warring") and the practice of gathering silently and waiting upon God. Since the separated self exists, and is an obstruction, we must contend with it. We contend with it so as to remove it and, at the same time, activate the spiritual nature. Gathering in silence and waiting upon God is necessary for the same reason, and is another means to the same end. More will be said of ... — An Interpretation of Friends Worship • N. Jean Toomer
... the Dragons could move a million miles in just under two milliseconds and that this was not enough for the human mind to activate the light beams. ... — The Game of Rat and Dragon • Cordwainer Smith
... done was to feed the signal from the blockhouse right back to the blockhouse over the check-signal circuit, completely bypassing the drone control, which was still in operating condition but which now could not get the signals to activate it. ... — The Scarlet Lake Mystery • Harold Leland Goodwin