Then the decline of religious belief in Germany, which the Church herself did much to produce when she was rationalistic, without being able to undo it since she has become orthodox, must certainly have impaired the patience with which the poor endured the miseries of their lot, when they still entertained the hope of exchanging it in a few short years for a happier and an everlasting one hereafter.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
On any other system of payment the motive to labour is impaired, and the amount of its produce diminished.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
Older cows, accustomed to hand milking, did not like the sound and feel of the machines and many farmers contended that they impaired the milk-producing capabilities of some animals.
"Frying Pan Farm"
Elizabeth Brown Pryor