Which preposition to use with littleness

of Occurrences 61%

A balloon is the best pulpit imaginable from which to preach a sermon upon the littleness of mundane realities, firstbecause no one can hear you, and your congregation cannot therefore be held responsible for indifference to your teaching; and secondbecause at that height you are fully impressed with the truth of what you say.

by Occurrences 3%

The greatest of men ceases to be great in the presence of hundreds of his peers, and the multitude of the illustrious dwindle into individual littleness by reason of their superabundance.

in Occurrences 2%

We feel our littleness in presence of the majestic elements of nature, our weakness compared with their power, and our loneliness in the vast universe, unenlightened, unguided, and unblessed, by any intelligence superior to our own.

to Occurrences 2%

He was rapid, resolute, and daring, filled with contempt for the littleness of mankind, yet molding every atom which composed that littleness to purposes at utter variance with its nature.

for Occurrences 1%

The sense of God's compassion for his feeble creatures does not help me; how can he compassionate the littleness for which he is himself responsible?

than Occurrences 1%

With a realm under her hand strong already, and destined before her death to grow stronger still; with a spirit too, strong enough and large enough for her realm; stronger perhaps in spite of her many littlenesses than that of any of the men she ruled over.

as Occurrences 1%

But, really, do you think it moves?" "Because in your littleness as human beings, because to our microscopic mole-like sight the immense mechanism of the world is lost, do not for a moment doubt it.

Which preposition to use with  littleness