There is an anecdote showing curious insight into this matter on the part of one of England's distinguished seamen, Sir Edward Pellew.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

Should I not appear a most arrogant and shallow coxcomb if I gravely represented that there was any danger of her falling in love with me?
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

The present treatise is, however, nothing more than the investigation and establishment of the supreme principle of morality, and this alone constitutes a study complete in itself and one which ought to be kept apart from every other moral investigation.
— from Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals by Immanuel Kant

His greatness has, in all senses, concentred itself into fiery emphasis and depth.
— from On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle

We have formerly seen that parts many times repeated are eminently liable to vary in number and structure; consequently it is quite probable that natural selection, during a long-continued course of modification, should have seized on a certain number of the primordially similar elements, many times repeated, and have adapted them to the most diverse purposes.
— from On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin

The two elements are so closely interwoven in his refutation, that it is impossible to separate them.
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

Nam quæ inscitia est adversum stimulum calces —It is the height of folly to kick against the pricks ( lit.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

The fatal poison of irresponsible power was already in her hands, and soon commenced its infernal work.
— from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass

But if there be an odd number of cells or squares there must be one more square of one colour than of the other, therefore the path must begin from a square of the colour that is in excess, and end on a similar colour, and as a knight's Pg 103 move from one colour to a similar colour is impossible the path cannot be re-entrant.
— from Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney

Without a sound, the Rogan slumped to the ground, a smoking cavity in its shoulders at the spot where its head had been set.
— from The Red Hell of Jupiter by Paul Ernst

[160] It is therefore quite impossible to follow Adler when he asks us to accept the existence of a condition which he solemnly terms anæsthesia sexualis completa idiopathica , in which there is no mechanical difficulty in the way or psychic inhibition, but an "absolute" lack of sexual sensibility and a complete absence of sexual inclination.
— from Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women by Havelock Ellis

I propose to show in this article how with a small capital, it is possible to advance true Swadeshi and earn a modest livelihood.
— from The Wheel of Fortune by Mahatma Gandhi

It is stated that when unwholesome, its teeth will be found of a blackened color at the base, and on inserting a silver coin into its flesh this will also turn black.
— from Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, September 1899 Vol. LV, May to October, 1899 by Various

It is not kindly counsel, nor fatherly admonition, nor wise advice, it is a stern command, it is coercion, and this arouses only scorn if it is not armed with the means to make itself a reality to which the unwilling must also submit, because they cannot help themselves.
— from Morals and the Evolution of Man by Max Simon Nordau

The meaning of it comes out in the prayer that follows: “Open Thine eyes, O Lord, and see,” &c. It is for Thee to act.
— from The Preacher's Complete Homiletic Commentary on the Books of the Bible, Volume 15 (of 32) The Preacher's Complete Homiletic Commentary on the Book of the Prophet Isaiah, Volume I by Alfred Tucker

In all such cases it is ordered that the owner of the man must recognise the right of redemption.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Leviticus by Samuel H. (Samuel Henry) Kellogg

While these letters were principally of a scientific character, it is noteworthy how the relations of medicine to the welfare of man always occupied his attention.
— from The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother by George H. (George Henry) Napheys