When the general has finally chosen a zone within which to operate with the principal portion of his forces, and when these forces shall be established in that zone, the army will have a front of operations toward the hostile army, which will also have one.
— from The Art of War by Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de

“Only brought 'em in the zeal of the moment.”
— from The War in the Air by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

It was all so sudden, her thoughts may not have been [Pg 123] entirely formulated, but even in the zone of coma the brain functions in a weird sort of way, incomprehensible to the victim, but remembered afterward—if the victim survives."
— from Dreamy Hollow: A Long Island Romance by Sumner Charles Britton

The salt of goodness, it is quite true, which kept the body of Polytheism so long from rotting, has often been overlooked, principally by the exaggeration of Christian writers, seldom remarkable for candour; and the early Fathers of the Church, engaged, as they were, in actual warfare with the many-headed foe, may well be excused if their zeal was not always accompanied by that fairness to which even error is entitled.
— from Four Phases of Morals: Socrates, Aristotle, Christianity, Utilitarianism by John Stuart Blackie

Among the twenty or more orangs which up to 1922 have been exhibited in the Zoological Park, two stand out with special prominence, by reason of their unusual mental qualities.
— from The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals: A Book of Personal Observations by William T. (William Temple) Hornaday

Veterinary surgeons are mentioned by Oviedo as having been employed in the zoölogical gardens of Montezuma.
— from The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 2, Civilized Nations The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 2 by Hubert Howe Bancroft

Numerous specimens have from time to time been exhibited in the Zoological Gardens in London.
— from A Hand-book to the Primates, Volume 2 (of 2) by Henry O. (Henry Ogg) Forbes

Even without these, much might be effected, if the zoological collections, which are open to the public, were arranged according to what has been termed the “typical principle”; that is to say, if the specimens exposed to public view were so selected, that the public could learn something from them, instead of being, as at present, merely confused by their multiplicity.
— from Man's Place in Nature, and Other Essays by Thomas Henry Huxley

Even without these, much might be effected, if the zoological collections, which are open to the public, were arranged according to what has been termed the "typical principle"; that is to say, if the specimens exposed to public view were so selected that the public could learn something from them, instead of being, as at present, merely confused by their multiplicity.
— from Lectures and Essays by Thomas Henry Huxley

It was bad enough in the “zone of occupation,” so called, a line running from Antwerp past Brussels to Mons.
— from My Year of the Great War by Frederick Palmer