Taken one by one and separated from the systematic policy which conceived, willed, and ordered them as a means of achieving domination through terror and beyond that as a means of extermination pure and simple; these facts constitute crimes against common law as much as violations of the laws and usages of war and of international law.
— from Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, Volume 6 by Various
The delicately treated chicken livers also make a very good dish, and mushrooms on toast are perfect in their season.
— from Manners and Social Usages by M. E. W. (Mary Elizabeth Wilson) Sherwood
We are only concerned in pointing out that the effects of child labor are many and various.
— from Applied Eugenics by Roswell H. (Roswell Hill) Johnson
“Very well; we will drop the subject for the present,” John Hubbard remarked, with compressed lips, and making a visible effort for self-control, “but I want you to think over what I have said, and be prepared to give me a different answer later on.”
— from The Golden Key; Or, A Heart's Silent Worship by Sheldon, Georgie, Mrs.
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