Yet have I so far acted with moderation that I have never intermeddled too far nor tied myself to one party alone; but have always remained a free man.
"Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I."
Gustav Freytag
A shopkeeper in that remote little town, he not only intermeddled fearlessly with all knowledge, but mastered more than many practised and University men do in their own lines.
"Spare Hours"
John Brown