When the Roman army, having been divided into six parts, each [division] relieved the other in the battle one hour in six in rotation, and the paucity of numbers exposed the same individual townsmen, wearied as they were, to a contest ever new, they at length yielded, and an opportunity was afforded to the Romans of entering the city.
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy

The marvelous crafts passed on to us from ancient days in every land were never the result of training in schools, they partook more of the qualities of what I would call "constructive play," passed on from parent to child, each new thing a little different from any other, changing and varying in every age, yet all through a pleasure and a joy to their makers.
— from The Playwork Book by Ann Macbeth

With commendable thrift these are closed every night, that a little pollen may not be wet by the dew.
— from In the Open: Intimate Studies and Appreciations of Nature by Stanton Davis Kirkham

If nearly all the product of such a pulverizer will pass through a 10-mesh screen, and the amount applied is double that of very fine limestone, it should give immediate results and continue effective nearly twice as long as the half amount of finer material.
— from Right Use of Lime in Soil Improvement by Alva Agee