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For this it will sell its corrupted soul, and then be very indignant because the railway before which it has grovelled rides rough-shod over the place.

From Letters of Travel (1892-1913) by Kipling, Rudyard

I always know afterwards how low the spirit has grovelled.

From The Last Chronicle of Barset by Trollope, Anthony