A man may remain an imbecile and live; but as soon as the heart ceases to perform its functions, the animal is dead.
— from The Social Contract & Discourses by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

It may be sufficient to say that the classification of functionaries should correspond to that of subjects, and that there should not be several departments independent of one another, to superintend different parts of the same natural whole, as in our own military administration down to a recent period, and in a less degree even at present.
— from Considerations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill

Being thus clad and deckt, they did set it in an azured chair and in a litter to carry it on their shoulders.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

Now, by this time, the man was got a good distance from them; but, however, they were resolved to pursue him, which they did, and in a little time they overtook him.
— from The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come Delivered under the similitude of a dream, by John Bunyan by John Bunyan

You may pound water in a mortar and analyse it as long as you like, you’ll make nothing more of it than the chemists have made already. . . .”
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

We therefore think it very essential that the language used in criticism should have the same character as that which deliberation in War must have, for otherwise it would cease to be practical, and criticism could gain no admittance in actual life.
— from On War — Volume 1 by Carl von Clausewitz

[Pg 26] V—ADVICE FROM A CATERPILLAR A t last the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth and addressed Alice in a languid, sleepy voice.
— from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

In an instant a light seemed to dawn in his mind, “a light was kindled and I grasped it all.”
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

An animal is a living organized body; and consequently the same animal, as we have observed, is the same continued LIFE communicated to different particles of matter, as they happen successively to be united to that organized living body.
— from An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 1 and 2 by John Locke

With the mouth and chin of a deity—singular, wild, full, liquid eyes, whose shadows varied from pure hazel to intense and brilliant jet—and a profusion of curling, black hair, from which a forehead of unusual breadth gleamed forth at intervals all light and ivory—his were features than which I have seen none more classically regular, except, perhaps, the marble ones of the Emperor Commodus.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

Within four feet of him, perhaps, there was Injuns workin' at the same game, cuttin' the earth away with their knives and tomahawks, and ef I was asked to guess their true position, I should say as they were closer even than that, and in a little while would be carving their way into the hole which Joe war making.
— from Indian and Scout: A Tale of the Gold Rush to California by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton

Knowing its nature, the assailed levels his piece, and in an instant leaves the assailant turning a thousand somersaults until its strength is spent, and, is at last, wriggling on the ground.
— from An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America by J. P. (John Patterson) MacLean

She was an orphan when she married, and was the private secretary of a business man who because she was efficient and intelligent and loyal gave her a good salary.
— from The Nervous Housewife by Abraham Myerson

It is profitable to study the lives of men and women who achieve in adult life fine things in their respective callings, but who were called dull in their school days.
— from How We Think by John Dewey

A peculiar characteristic position is assumed in acute laminitis of the fore feet.
— from Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix

Papa and I and lots of others lunched over the way at the Penders’ in Arlington Street, our hosts of last night, and it was all very friendly and nice, and we returned in a body to the R.A. afterwards.
— from An Autobiography by Elizabeth (Elizabeth Southerden Thompson) Butler

Colonel Sweet .—The map is very roughly drawn and is a little out of proportion in detail, but is a correct drawing of the camp as it was in August and September of last year.
— from The Great North-Western Conspiracy in All Its Startling Details by I. Windslow Ayer

" "Nonsense ... forty thousand pesos in eight days!" "Well, you see, just this week we recruited over five hundred new men; all the money's gone in advance loans and gratuities," Luis Cervantes answered in a low voice.
— from The Underdogs: A Novel of the Mexican Revolution by Mariano Azuela

It is not the least of the advantages of allowing sailors occasionally a day of liberty, that it gives them a spring, and makes them feel cheerful and independent, and leads them insensibly to look on the bright side of everything for some time after.
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana