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Now this distortion takes place, it was above asserted, in three ways: either through apathy, satire, or ungovernableness of imagination.

From The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) by Ruskin, John

Every man there wanted to help him, but he wouldn't and couldn't stand still; the concussion of the shell had affected his brain and this accounted for his ungovernableness.

From S.O.S. Stand to! by Grant, Reginald