The word having found lodgment in her thoughts took root.

Internationalism--Utopia while you wait! Anarchism and Bolshevism offering nostrums for humanity's ills! And there were sane men who defended the cult on the basis that the intention was honest.

Who can say that the rattlesnake does not consider his intentions honourable?
The attribute lacking in the ape to make him human is continuity of thought and action in all things save one.

He often starts out well but he never arrives.

His interest is never sustained.