As a confirmation of our paradoxical proposition it may be observed that the tone and words of the language and caresses of pure love, entirely coincide with the tones of sympathy; and we may also remark in passing that in Italian sympathy and true love are denoted by the same word pietà .
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

We have fed this class of people long enough.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

But these should be national establishments, for whilst school-masters are dependent on the caprice of parents, little exertion can be expected from them, more than is necessary to please ignorant people.
— from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects by Mary Wollstonecraft

If he had kept his name of Tognolo it would have injured him, for he could not have pronounced it without reminding his hearers of what is called, by the most contemptible of prejudices, low extraction, and the privileged class, through an absurd error, does not admit the possibility of a peasant having talent or genius.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

The cares of political life engross a most prominent place in the occupation of a citizen in the United States, and almost the only pleasure of which an American has any idea is to take a part in the Government, and to discuss the part he has taken.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

[55] one hundred and five lodges captured, many rifles, five tons of dried buffalo meat baled for winter use, a very ample supply of ammunition, consisting of powder, lead, etc., and a greater number and variety of brass kettles than I ever saw before.
— from Indian Fights and Fighters: The Soldier and the Sioux by Cyrus Townsend Brady

Chant of Pange lingua etc.
— from The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome by Charles Michael Baggs

One class of persons look exclusively at that lack of a statutory recognition of religion which the scheme involves, 87 and denounce it as infidel ; another, at the religious character of the people of Scotland, and at the consequent certainty, also involved in the scheme, that they will render their schools transcripts of themselves, and so they condemn it as orthodox .
— from Leading Articles on Various Subjects by Hugh Miller

The symptoms that arise and that cause anxiety are the same as in a case of powerless labor, except that while in the latter kind the pains are feeble, in the case of obstructed labor the pains may be vigorous and severe but ineffective in consequence of obstacles.
— from Mother, Nurse and Infant A Manual Especially Adapted for the Guidance of Mothers and Monthly Nurses, Comprising Full Instruction in Regard To Pregnancy, Preparation for Child-birth, and the Care of Mother and Child, and Designed to Impart so Much Knowledge of Anatomy, Physiology, Midwifery, and the Proper Use of Medicines as Will Serve Intelligently to Direct the Wife, Mother and Nurse in All Emergencies. by S. P. Sackett

All these considerations, when the mind is thoroughly prepared for them, tend to raise our ideas with respect to the character of physical laws, even though we do not go a single step further in the investigation.
— from Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation by Robert Chambers

But from 11 o’clock until 11:30 , when the funeral procession of eleven hacks and two hearses started on its way, there were immense crowds of people lining every sidewalk.
— from The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders by Edwin H. Porter

The doctor on arriving could only pronounce life extinct.”— Sussex Daily News, December 4, 1895.
— from Premature Burial and How It May Be Prevented by William Tebb

I can only presume, like every one else, that you are afraid."
— from The Blower of Bubbles by Beverley Baxter