Babaji instructed me in the ancient rigid rules which govern the transmission of the yogic art from guru to disciple.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

The Greek and Roman religions were gradually permeated by the spirit of philosophy; having lost their xxxix ancient meaning, they were resolved into poetry and morality; and probably were never purer than at the time of their decay, when their influence over the world was waning.
— from The Republic of Plato by Plato

The Greek and Roman religions were gradually permeated by the spirit of philosophy; having lost their ancient meaning, they were resolved into poetry and morality; and probably were never purer than at the time of their decay, when their influence over the world was waning.
— from The Republic by Plato

From the hungry gnaw that eats me night and day, From native moments, from bashful pains, singing them, Seeking something yet unfound though I have diligently sought it many a long year, Singing the true song of the soul fitful at random, Renascent with grossest Nature or among animals, Of that, of them and what goes with them my poems informing, Of the smell of apples and lemons, of the pairing of birds, Of the wet of woods, of the lapping of waves, Of the mad pushes of waves upon the land, I them chanting, The overture lightly sounding, the strain anticipating, The welcome nearness, the sight of the perfect body, The swimmer swimming naked in the bath, or motionless on his back lying and floating, The female form approaching, I pensive, love-flesh tremulous aching, The divine list for myself or you or for any one making, The face, the limbs, the index from head to foot, and what it arouses, The mystic deliria, the madness amorous, the utter abandonment, (Hark close and still what I now whisper to you, I love you, O you entirely possess me, O that you and I escape from the rest and go utterly off, free and lawless, Two hawks in the air, two fishes swimming in the sea not more lawless than we;) The furious storm through me careering, I passionately trembling.
— from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

Up on the hill you’ll see a round ring with grass greener than anywhere else, and that is where the small people used to dance.’
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz

Jumonville came very close and regarded Robert with great intentness, evidently curious to see what he would do.
— from The Hunters of the Hills by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler

Simply this: When the government installs a parcels post service that accepts, carries and delivers packages weighing from twelve to twenty or more pounds these looting express and railroad raiders will go out of business .
— from Postal Riders and Raiders by W. H. Gantz

Harry Merrycourt, who was altogether a political, not a religious rebel, would gladly have kept Lord Walwyn company; but it was needful not to expose himself to the suspicion of his hosts, who would have bestowed numerous strange names on him had he absented himself.
— from Stray Pearls: Memoirs of Margaret De Ribaumont, Viscountess of Bellaise by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

Daily struggling, though enclosed and lonely, Every day a rich reward will give; Thou wilt find, by hearty striving only And truly loving, thou canst truly live."
— from Plain Words for Christ, Being a Series of Readings for Working Men by Reginald G. Dutton

But chemists have nothing to do with international law or morality, and responsibility rests with Governments for their adoption of methods provided by science.
— from A Short History of the Great War by A. F. (Albert Frederick) Pollard

A proclamation accepting reciprocal relations with Germany as to mechanical music reproductions was issued December 8, 1910.
— from Copyright: Its History and Its Law by R. R. (Richard Rogers) Bowker

40 Far outstripping these in the number and influence of converts 40 The work of our collegiate and other schools is most encouraging 41 The Baptist College at Rangoon and the theological seminaries at Insein 42 The lieutenant governor invites us to meet Lord Chelmsford, viceroy of India, at afternoon-tea 44 A royal reception, with great conglomerate of races 44 A demonstration of loyalty to the British Crown
— from A Tour of the Missions: Observations and Conclusions by Augustus Hopkins Strong

F rom out the cloudy ecstasies of poetry, painting, and religious romance, we grope our way back to the simple story of the New Testament, to find, if possible, by careful study, the lineaments of the real Mary the mother of our Lord.
— from Woman in Sacred History A Series of Sketches Drawn from Scriptural, Historical, and Legendary Sources by Harriet Beecher Stowe