When he compared the public crimes of this minister--startling crimes, European crimes, if so we may say--with the private and unknown crimes with which Milady had charged him, Felton found that the more culpable of the two men which formed the character of Buckingham was the one of whom the public knew not the life.
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

If I might pursue the figure of speech, I might briefly say that the whole Collectivist error consists in saying that because two men can share an umbrella, therefore two men can share a walking-stick.
— from What's Wrong with the World by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

Now thou shalt not have so much as one tag-rag of my coat, even could it save thee from hanging.
— from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle

No classification, no selection and arrangement of facts, which is consciously worked out for purely abstract ends, can ever compare in solidity or effectiveness with that knit under the stress of an occupation; in comparison the former sort is formal, superficial, and cold.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey

quod nōn opus est, āsse cārum est , Cato in Sen. Ep.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

Consequently every city in Spain had a considerable population of foreigners, intent on earning a livelihood without much thought of spiritual matters.
— from A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 3 by Henry Charles Lea

Booth led boldly, and he looked the chief Eagle countenance in sharp relief, Beard a-flying, air of high command Unabated in that holy land.
— from General William Booth Enters into Heaven, and Other Poems by Vachel Lindsay

AMONG EACH 1,000 WOMEN FROM 16 TO 21 YEARS OF AGE TableList Manufacturing and mechanical industries: Apprentices to dressmakers and milliners 4 Dressmakers and seamstresses (not in factory) 20 Milliners and millinery dealers 17 Semi-skilled operatives: Candy factories 6 Cigar and tobacco factories 15 Electrical supply factories 10 Knitting mills 11 Printing and publishing 8 Woolen and worsted mills: Weavers 5 Other occupations 7 Sewers and sewing machine operators (factory) 53 Tailoresses 25 Transportation: Telephone operators 19 Trade: Clerks in stores 28 Saleswomen (stores) 35 Professional service: Musicians and teachers of music 6 Teachers (school) 4 Domestic and personal service: Charwomen and cleaners 5 Laundry operatives 13 Servants 81 Waitresses 9 Clerical occupations: Bookkeepers, cashiers, and accountants 26 Clerks (except clerks in stores) 20 Stenographers and typewriters 62 The occupations in which the girls now in the public schools will later engage can be determined with a relative degree of accuracy by employing a method in general similar to that utilized in forecasting the occupations of boys.
— from Wage Earning and Education by R. R. (Rufus Rolla) Lutz

Quia vero rationalia, et proinde disciplinabilia essent, ex consequenti etiam capacia ignorantiæ, si eorum ingenia non essent exculta studiis, et disciplina, et inter ea pro intellectus eorum majori, et minori acumine essent aliqua magis, aliqua minus in scientiis excellentia: universaliter vero, et a tota specie essent homine doctiora, non ob eorum corpoream subtilitatem, tum forte, ob majorem spirituum activitatem, tum ob diuturniorem vitæ durationem, in qua plura, quam homines discere possent, quas causas assignat D. Augustinus, lib. de Divin.
— from Demoniality; or, Incubi and Succubi by Ludovico Maria Sinistrari

For instance: if the cells employed in an installation requiring 110 volts, have only half the capacity required, and 55 cells give the desired voltage, then the number of cells must be increased to 110, and theoretically the required number of amperes hours at 110 volts may be obtained in one of two ways: 1, by connecting the cells in pairs in parallel and then coupling the pairs together in series, and 2, by arranging the 110 cells in two complete batteries of 55 cells each connected in series, then coupling the two batteries in parallel.
— from Hawkins Electrical Guide v. 04 (of 10) Questions, Answers, & Illustrations, A progressive course of study for engineers, electricians, students and those desiring to acquire a working knowledge of electricity and its applications by N. (Nehemiah) Hawkins

As we have suggested, the disturbance of metabolism due to the failure to use sugar properly in the system and to its consequent elimination, corresponds in some, as yet not well understood, way to the other metabolic disturbance by which unnecessary fat is accumulated in the system.
— from Psychotherapy Including the History of the Use of Mental Influence, Directly and Indirectly, in Healing and the Principles for the Application of Energies Derived from the Mind to the Treatment of Disease by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh

Natural hazards: periodic cyclones Environment - current issues: soil erosion results from deforestation and overgrazing; desertification; surface water contaminated with raw sewage and other organic wastes; several species of flora and fauna unique to the island are endangered Environment - international agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements Geography - note: world's fourth-largest island; strategic location along Mozambique Channel People Madagascar Population: 16,473,477 (July 2002 est.)
— from The 2002 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

The eloquent Patrick Henry says, in a letter dated January 18, 1773:— “Is it not a little surprising that the professors of Christianity, whose chief excellence consists in softening the human heart, in cherishing and improving its finer feelings, should encourage a practice so totally repugnant to the first impressions of right and wrong?
— from The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It by Hinton Rowan Helper