It has been claimed that the 351st regiment contained the best educated group of Negroes in the American forces; most of them being college or high school men.
— from History of the American Negro in the Great World War His Splendid Record in the Battle Zones of Europe; Including a Resume of His Past Services to his Country in the Wars of the Revolution, of 1812, the War of Rebellion, the Indian Wars on the Frontier, the Spanish-American War, and the Late Imbroglio With Mexico by William Allison Sweeney

2 Jury: a number of men, generally twelve, selected according to law to try a case in a court of law; in criminal cases they declare the person accused to be either guilty or not guilty.
— from The Beginner's American History by D. H. (David Henry) Montgomery

Although the grounds for argument to show that this government was established by the people collectively of the whole country, (and not by the several States, as claimed by some,) and that it can only be rightfully altered or abolished by a constitutional majority of the same power that established it, would seem to have been entirely gone over, nevertheless we propose to introduce the additional evidence of that noble, honored statesman, and able constitutional expounder, Daniel Webster.
— from The Crisis of Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-One in the Government of the United States. Its Cause, and How It Should Be Met by Abel D. Streight

Time was critical because every group of nightly reports might be the last.
— from The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Edward J. Ruppelt

Before his return from England and before the details of the treaty had been made public, he had been elected governor of New York, and to accept this office he resigned the chief-justiceship.
— from Washington and his colleagues; a chronicle of the rise and fall of federalism by Henry Jones Ford

How many persons before entering grand old Notre Dame, or the British Houses of Parliament, pause to admire the elaborate and expansive beauty of the great archways and outer walls?
— from Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes by J. M. Judy

In 1827, the same year when Franklin began the practice of the law, General Benjamin Pierce had been elected governor of New Hampshire.
— from Sketches and Studies by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The phenomenon was witnessed by excited groups of natives from the beach at Sekondi, for never within living memory had any ship bearing their countrymen steered a course that was not parallel to the shore; and when the vessel at last disappeared below the skyline something like consternation prevailed.
— from The Gold Coast Regiment in the East African Campaign by Clifford, Hugh Charles, Sir