[Pg 12] Cynthia prudently remained on the outskirts The quest did not greatly interest her.
— from The Boarded-Up House by Augusta Huiell Seaman

Such a way of peace and truth from the side of religion and its scientific treatment is entered upon, when religion sets itself right, not only with all real, but also with all conceivable , possible results of the other sciences, not only of the exact, but also of the philosophic sciences.
— from The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality by Rudolf Schmid

Since Galileo, the scientific attitude has proved itself increasingly capable of ascertaining important facts and laws, which are acknowledged by all competent people regardless of temperament or self-interest or political pressure.
— from The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism by Bertrand Russell

Cylindrical pieces, representation of three, one within the other, by cross-hatching, 78.
— from Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught Comprising instructions in the selection and preparation of drawing instruments, elementary instruction in practical mechanical drawing; together with examples in simple geometry and elementary mechanism, including screw threads, gear wheels, mechanical motions, engines and boilers by Joshua Rose

We find here, as we have in all the other islands, that the leading families—the men in power—are comparatively pure representatives of the original colonising stock; that is, pure Dutch, Dane, Castilian, French, as the case may be; but that the people are a strange mixture of all nationalities, speaking languages for the most part unwritten, handed down from generation to generation by word of mouth, strangely intangible, and yet as fixed and well recognised among the people as is the old Common Law in the courts of Anglo-Saxon countries.
— from Gardens of the Caribbees, v. 2/2 Sketches of a Cruise to the West Indies and the Spanish Main by Ida May Hill Starr

She studying, “We can place relays of these over the border.”
— from Arqtiq: A Study of the Marvels at the North Pole by Anna Adolph

"Our heart is very impatient and now the Tartar generals, viceroys, and governors of every province are ordered to select capable physicians, regardless of the official rank, and to send them quickly to Peking to await summons to give medical aid.
— from Court Life in China: The Capital, Its Officials and People by Isaac Taylor Headland