To say that these thoughts had been with him since his first hazardous entry into Medina is to grant him a long-sightedness which his opportunist rule does not warrant.

There is hardly any thing that shows the short-sightedness or capriciousness of the imagination more than travelling does.

It is most difficult to understand the short-sightedness of the Spanish authorities.

If thou would'st have thy affair decided on principle, go before the councils, or the magistracy of the canton, and thou shalt hear such wisdom, and witness such keen-sightedness into chicanery, as would have honored Solomon himself!"