Once he admits, as he does in this passage, that subsistence has a definite limit in the modes of production that happen to be known in any age and country, and that population has a definite limit for such age and country in the amount of subsistence which the known modes of production are capable of Extracting from the soil, he really admits all that Malthusians generally contend for, and coming to curse, he has really blessed them altogether.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
His hand was in the act of Extracting a bank note from his pocket, but he checked it in time, a sixth sense warning him that Mrs. Trippe might resent an attempt to grease her palm.
"The Gray Phantom's Return"
Herman Landon
The stranger under cover of a newspaper was bent on Extracting the handsome watch and chain that the elderly gentleman's open coat displayed.
"Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School or The Parting of the Ways"
Jessie Graham Flower