By the simple rule of A B C, he argued that ill necessarily contaminates, if the one to come in contact is of young and impression- able years.
"Winding Paths"
Gertrude Page
As a rotten speck, by spreading, contaminates the finest fruit, so was the Palais Royal the corrupt spot, whence the contagion of debauchery was propagated, even to the remotest parts of the kingdom.
"Paris As It Was and As It Is"
Francis W. Blagdon
These vulgar wretches I am working with think it an outrage that a 'jail-bird,' as they call me, contaminates the foul air that they breathe.
"A Knight Of The Nineteenth Century"
E. P. Roe