Finally humanity, the highest known class of life, has time-binding capacity as its characteristic, its Discriminant, its peculiar and definitive mark.
"Manhood of Humanity."
Alfred Korzybski
Mr. Craske, thrown out of countenance by so much directness, could only stare; the same did the others, though some few tittered, for Mr. Craske, when all was said, was held in no great esteem by the Discriminant.
"The Lion's Skin"
Rafael Sabatini