My Dear Sister , I feel persuaded that you will take a deep interest in the subject of this letter; for, to a true child of God, nothing is so precious as the volume of inspiration.
— from A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females Being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a Younger Sister by Harvey Newcomb

Carinaria or glass nautilus is shaped like the bonnet-cap shell, Pileopsis.
— from The Ocean World: Being a Description of the Sea and Its Living Inhabitants. by Louis Figuier

They are characterized by the bright bands at wave-lengths 463 μμ and 469 μμ, and the line at 501 μμ characteristic of gaseous nebulae is sometimes present.
— from Lectures on Stellar Statistics by C. V. L. (Carl Vilhelm Ludwig) Charlier

"I was weak, yes, but strength comes of great need, I suppose; and already I owed you so much.
— from The Castle Of The Shadows by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

When it is uncertain, it should confess its uncertainty without reserve; when it is opposed by some consensus of great names, it should be prepared to acknowledge itself in the wrong, and should keep an open mind for conviction; but in no case should it insult with an unthinking assent any scientific law of which it understands neither the principles nor the application.
— from Studies in Modern Music, Second Series Frederick Chopin, Antonin Dvořák, Johannes Brahms by W. H. (William Henry) Hadow

So is it a proof of a loveless, undutiful heart not to seek counsel of God; nor is such conduct less unwise than undutiful.
— from The Preacher's Complete Homiletic Commentary on the Books of the Bible, Volume 15 (of 32) The Preacher's Complete Homiletic Commentary on the Book of the Prophet Isaiah, Volume I by Alfred Tucker