En 1814, cinco años después de la escena referida por el Capitán, la fuerza de la opinión de toda Francia obligó a Napoleón Bonaparte a poner en libertad a Pío VII.
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

But granting the observations perfect, we have still to learn what the Omen portends; and although a simple mind, trusting to simple rules, may be ready offhand with an answer, it becomes, with the development of the art of Divination, more and more complicated and difficult, demanding long experience and profound erudition—something worth paying for.
— from The Origin of Man and of His Superstitions by Carveth Read