The first United States exploring expedition sailed, under Com. Wilkes.
— from The Every Day Book of History and Chronology Embracing the Anniversaries of Memorable Persons and Events in Every Period and State of the World, from the Creation to the Present Time by Joel Munsell

Quod ut magnopere corrigere debeas, frater, commonemus, nec sinas fieri ultra; scelus est enim et impietas.
— from Protestantism and Catholicity compared in their effects on the civilization of Europe by Jaime Luciano Balmes

What considerations and reconsiderations are there of that doctrine of atonement which involves the assumption that God was so incensed {40} against his sinful children that Christ, the second and more merciful person in the Godhead, came into the world and died to appease the wrath of God and render it possible for him to be merciful to the delinquents; and how much more emphatic is the conviction finding utterance, so eminently expressive of Christian Universalism, "God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
— from Fifty Notable Years Views of the Ministry of Christian Universalism During the Last Half-Century; with Biographical Sketches by John G. (John Greenleaf) Adams

The ordinance of secession was declared null and void; the existence of slavery prohibited; payment of the war debt forbidden; universal suffrage established, excepting only criminals; an election to ratify the Constitution and for the election of State officers, a Legislature, and Representatives in Congress, was ordered to be held on June 22d, and a large number of radical amendments adopted.
— from The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 2 by Jefferson Davis

"Yes, the patrols have found us, sure enough," exclaimed the captain, who had now joined the officer.
— from The Phantom Airman by Rowland Walker

Commodore Wilkes, in command of the famous United States Exploring Expedition, 1836-40.
— from The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 by Louis Becke