Now, none of its forms are superior to the rest; it is equally certain and incapable of demonstration as the principle of the ground of being, or of change, or of action, or of knowing.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

If Adam had not sinned, and Jesus Christ had not come, there had been only one covenant, only one age of men, and the creation would have been represented as accomplished at one single time.
— from Pascal's Pensées by Blaise Pascal

proper packing ordentlicher Haushalt ordinary budget Orderklausel order clause Orderkonnossement order bill of lading Orderpapier instrument to order Orderpapier order instrument Orderpapier order paper Orderscheck cheque to order Orderscheck order cheque Orderwechsel bill to order Orderwechsel order bill Ordinate; y-Achse ordinate Ordnung des Marktes organization of the market ordnungsgemäß duly ordnungsgemäß in proper form Ordnungswidrigkeit administrative offence Organisation organization Organisationsabteilung organization department Organisationsform form of organization Organisationslehre organization theory Organisationsplan organization chart Organisationsplanung organization arrangement Organisationsschema organization chart organisieren organize organisieren; gestalten organize Organisierer organizer organisierte Arbeiterschaft organized labour organisierter Markt organized market
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

Boys of lowly origin have made many of the greatest discoveries, are presidents of our banks, of our colleges, of our universities.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

'Bryan,' said I, 'is it true that you and your father's family are preparing to go to that refugium peccatorum , America—that overgrown cupping-glass which is drawing the best blood of our country out of it?' “'The people of Ireland,' he replied, 'have a right to bless God that there is such a country to fly to, and to resave them from a land where they're neglected and overlooked.
— from The Emigrants Of Ahadarra The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by William Carleton

And yet again, in his Message of Dec. 7, 1847, that "the Mexican Government refused even to hear the terms of adjustment which he [our minister of peace] was authorized to propose, and finally, under wholly unjustifiable pretexts, involved the two countries in war, by invading the territory of the State of Texas, striking the first blow, and shedding the blood of our citizens on our own soil ;"
— from The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete by Abraham Lincoln

For informal service, with a member of the family acting as a waitress, the former may quietly leave the table to attend to the bringing on or carrying off of a course, or to supplying water, butter, etc .
— from How to Prepare and Serve a Meal; and Interior Decoration by Lillian B. Lansdown

But a large number of these have been out of college or out of strenuous athletics a year or two, or longer, and they need physical conditioning to get back.
— from Keeping Fit All the Way How to Obtain and Maintain Health, Strength and Efficiency by Walter Camp

See Lolo Nucleus of old China (see China), Oaths, Odes, Odes, Book of, Okuma, Count, Omens, Opium, Oppolzer's dates, Oracles, consulting, Oranges, Orthodox Chinese, Orthodox courts, Ouigours, Oviet , See Yüeh PA, state, Pagodas, Palaces, Pao-ch'êng, locality, Paper, invention of, Paranymphs, Pass, frontier, Paterfamilias, Patriarchal rule, Peace Conference, "Pechelee" Gulf, Pedantry, Pedigree, Pêh K'i, General, Peking, modern, Peking plain, Pelasgi, People, the, Period, Protector, "Perpendicular and Horizontal" Period, Persia, Persian civilization, Personal causes of war, Personal names, Philosophy, Phoenicians, Physicians, Pigs, "Piled Stones," locality, Pilgrimages, Pillars of Hercules, P'ing-yang Fu, Pisces, Pivot points, historical, Ploughed fields, Ploughman Emperor, Poetry, See Odes Poetry, classic, See Odes Police, Politeness, Political intrigue, Pope, comparison with the, Population, Population, non-Chinese, Posterity, importance of, Posthumous names, Posthumous titles, Powers, great, Prayer, Precedence, Premiers, See Ministers Presage, See Astrology Presents from Emperor, Priestly caste, no, Princesses, Principalities, (see Fiefs), Prisons, Prisoners of war, Proclaiming the law, Proclaiming the moon, Proclamation, Progress in China, Promontory, Shan Tung, Prophecy, (see Astrology and Oracles), Propriety, Prostitution, Protector, First, Protector, Protector, Third, Protectors, Joint, Protectors of China, Proverbs, Prussia, P'u-chou Fu, P'uh, barbarians, Punishment, Punishments, barbarous, Purification, Pyrrhus, Quelpaert, Island, Quicksilver, Race feeling, Racing, Railway, "British," Ranks of nobility, Ranks, official, Records, (see History), Redwater, River, Regency, See Duke of Chou Reign periods, Religion, none in ancient China, Religion of Confucius (so-called), Religious compromise, Remains, ancient, Rénan, Ernest, Residences at the metropolis, Revolutionary literature, Rice,
— from Ancient China Simplified by Edward Harper Parker

This big block is but one of countless others of all sizes scattered over this rude mossy territory, in which they form a special feature; their glacial history being further corroborated by the abundant, well rounded, polished, and striated roches moutonnées , here so abundantly scattered between the hills and the sea.
— from Gairloch in North-West Ross-Shire Its Records, Traditions, Inhabitants, and Natural History, with a Guide to Gairloch and Loch Maree, and a Map and Illustrations by John H. (John Henry) Dixon

7 — — Some a is B. — Obverse of Converse of Obverse of Converse. 8 — — Some a is not b. — Converse of Obverse of Contrapositive.
— from Logic: Deductive and Inductive by Carveth Read

The background should be of as little importance as the background of a portrait-group, and it should, when possible, be of one colour or of one tint, that the persons on the stage, wherever they stand, may harmonise with it or contrast with it and preoccupy our attention.
— from The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats, Vol. 4 (of 8) The Hour-glass. Cathleen ni Houlihan. The Golden Helmet. The Irish Dramatic Movement by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats