So it has been found that where you take children, modern children, at least boys who are sons of educated parents, and put them in large masses by themselves, they will, without apparently any reading, rapidly invent a notion of law; that is, they will invent a certain set of customs which are the same thing to them as law, and which indeed are the same as law.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

The affinities, repulsions, reasons in a nature like that of Miss Leroy’s are so secret and so subtle, working towards such incalculable and not-to-be-predicted results, that to attempt to make a major and minor premiss and an inevitable conclusion out of them would be useless.
— from Mark Rutherford's Deliverance by William Hale White

On the 24th he came to a creek which joined "the bed of a river rising in a North 30 East direction, now dry except in hollow places.
— from The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work by Ernest Favenc

But to this it was answered, That, were this the cause, all rivers running in a northern direction, to the sea, would be subject to the same accident; and this it was known they were not.
— from Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, Volume 3 (of 5) In the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 and 1773 by James Bruce

easantry was restored to its pristine condition; not merely in physical comfort, for that must vary according to the economical circumstances of the time, like that of every class; but to its condition in all those moral attributes which make a recognised rank in a nation; and which, in a great degree, are independent of economics, manners, customs, ceremonies, rights, and privileges.
— from Coningsby; Or, The New Generation by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

If a woman could secure a good store, [p.115] at a reasonable rent, in a nice neighborhood, she would have a fair chance of doing well.
— from Work for Women by George J. Manson

FOOTNOTES: [49] Of course, a regular retriever is absolutely necessary when a team of spaniels is hunted, none of which are accustomed to retrieve.
— from The Dog by W. N. (William Nelson) Hutchinson

The desire to wrestle and fight and race returned in a new form.
— from Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

July 3—Italians make slight gains along the Isonzo; Austrians repulse repeated Italian attacks near Folazzo and Sagrado.
— from New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 by Various