In the absence of great parties, the United States abound with lesser controversies; and public opinion is divided into a thousand minute shades of difference upon questions of very little moment.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

As pointed out, in discussing the symptomatology and pathology of human scurvy, this sign must be regarded as truly scorbutic in animals as well as in infants.
— from Scurvy, Past and Present by Alfred F. Hess

There is no method of reasoning more common, and yet none more blameable, than, in philosophical disputes, to endeavour the refutation of any hypothesis, by a pretence of its dangerous consequences to religion and morality.
— from An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume

Though, for want of such regulations, the society should never acquire the proposed manufacture, it would not upon that account necessarily be the poorer in anyone period of its duration.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

Gives woman a place only in domestic life—sad failure....
— from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Ida Husted Harper

It is right to say whatever is affirmed or denied of the whole of a conception can be affirmed or denied of any part of it (dictum de omni et nullo); but it would be absurd so to alter this logical proposition as to say whatever is not contained in a general conception is likewise not contained in the particular conceptions which rank under it; for the latter are particular conceptions, for the very reason that their content is greater than that which is cogitated in the general conception.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

In the first place, it should be borne in mind that Christianity is not the only religion which appeals to miracles as a proof of its divine authorship.
— from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves

But occasionally, when the subject of discussion [Pg 796] touches us more deeply, when it touches upon some matter in which we have had a deeper and more intimate experience, the ordinary patter that passes as public opinion is dissipated and we originate a moral judgment that not only differs from, but is in conflict with, the prevailing opinion.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

Rather than connecting, getting a piece of information, disconnecting, and then going back for more, you may find it cost efficient to review menus and results while online.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno

That all the provisions of the Constitution of the United States—the supreme law of the land—are equally binding upon every citizen, and upon every State in the Union;—that all laws passed by Congress, in pursuance of the Constitution, are equally binding on all the citizens, and no man is at liberty to resist or dis 149 obey any one constitutional act of Congress any more than another; and that we do not desire or intend to claim the benefit of any one of the powers or advantages of the Constitution, and to refuse, or seem to refuse, to perform any part of its duties, or to submit to any part of its obligations.
— from The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence by Theodore Parker

In living and peculiar oneness it dwells and inspires that tender emblem, the human body, and can excite all the spiritual members to the truest activity."
— from Henry of Ofterdingen: A Romance. by Novalis

That had been a period of intellectual days and quiet nights.
— from Senator North by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

The Camp at Rest.—When the Cloud rested, indicating their stopping place, the tents were set surrounding the Tabernacle of the Congregation; the Levites encompassing it immediately about, to prevent the unsanctified from approaching too near, and purposely or inadvertently defiling it—an offense punishable by death.
— from Saturday Night Thoughts A Series of Dissertations on Spiritual, Historical, and Philosophic Themes by Orson F. (Orson Ferguson) Whitney

The party was made up of six men on horseback, two tame buffaloes, and a pack of immense dogs used to hunting.
— from Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin by Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade

This, however, like most other things that have been alleged on that side, rests on mere general assertion, unsupported by any precise or intelligible designation of the reasons upon which it is founded.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

After everybody had haw hawed and cracked his joke over Obadiah's last repetition of the anecdote, Peleg observed: “I dunno's az a feller kin blame Perez fer givin intew her.
— from The Duke of Stockbridge: A Romance of Shays' Rebellion by Edward Bellamy

They forget that no amount of diffusion will exterminate whatever exists; that a pint of ink diffused in a lake is still there, and the water is only the less pure.
— from Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence by Louis Agassiz

He cleared, fenced, and cultivated a portion of it during two years and six months before he was disturbed in his actual possession; and 4th.
— from A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information by W. H. (William Henry) Gray