In the clothing manufacture, the division of labour is nearly the same now as it was a century ago, and the machinery employed is not very different.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

The state of society does not prepare them for it, and the nation might be in danger of losing its natural advantages if it sought artificially to acquire advantages of this particular kind.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville

Into other arts, the division of labour is naturally introduced by the prudence of individuals, who find that they promote their private interest better by confining themselves to a particular trade, than by exercising a great number.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

“Professor Murray’s careful study will be appreciated as the work of a man of unusual special learning, combined with much delicacy of literary insight.”— New York Christian Advocate.
— from A History of Sanskrit Literature by Arthur Anthony Macdonell

"I will bet twenty thousand pounds against anyone who wishes that I will make the tour of the world in eighty days or less; in nineteen hundred and twenty hours, or a hundred and fifteen thousand two hundred minutes.
— from Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

But this little Triumph of the Understanding, under the Disguise of Laughter, is no where more visible than in that Custom which prevails every where among us on the first Day of the present Month, when every Body takes it in his Head to make as many Fools as he can.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

Hence the desire of love is not pain, for the lover will leave the most agreeable society in order to day-dream in peace.
— from On Love by Stendhal

The most remarkable effect of the division of labor is not that it accentuates the distinction of functions already divided but that it makes them interdependent.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

As we have proved our loyalty to you in the past, nursing your children, watching by the sick-bed of your mothers and fathers, and often following them with tear-dimmed eyes to their graves, so in the future, in our humble way, we shall stand by you with a devotion that no foreigner can approach, ready to lay down our lives, if need be, in defence of yours, interlacing our industrial, commercial, civil, and religious life with yours in a way that shall make the interests of both races one.
— from Up from Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington

“By no means: the day of labour is not at hand.
— from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

Adrien de Montmorency, Duke of Laval, if not so near and dear a friend, was quite as devoted an admirer of Madame Récamier as his cousin Matthieu.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

There is no doubt that in some cases the division of labour is not restricted to the individuals of the same species, but that other species are introduced into the nest to perform certain functions—thus giving rise to the so-called slavery among ants.
— from Animal Behaviour by C. Lloyd (Conwy Lloyd) Morgan

Here is a reproof of the monastic principle, that seclusion from the society of our fellow-men and from the active duties of life is necessary in order to secure an uninterrupted period of leisure for solitary spiritual exercises.
— 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

Owing to the rapidity of their march, the numbers who joined them by the way were inconsiderable, compared with the resources of the enemy; the only addition they received of any importance was in the province of Ho-nan, where a detachment of local insurrectionists, nearly five thousand strong, joined them; but this reinforcement was more than cancelled by their losses in battle and from disease.
— from Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh: The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) by Augustus F. Lindley

The heart that has felt how innumerable are God's thoughts and deeds of love is not utterly reduced to despair, even while it beholds a sea of troubles rolling its white-crested billows shoreward as far as the horizon.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Vol. 2 Psalms XXXIX.-LXXXIX. by Alexander Maclaren

The air in the working-class districts of London is not one whit worse than it is in Mayfair or in Belgravia.
— from Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo by William Le Queux

To turn to favour and prettiness a dusty department of literature is no mean feat.
— from Unicorns by James Huneker

I am of opinion, Mr Waters,' continued Mr Smith, removing his spectacles, and closing the note-book, from which he had been reading, 'that it is only the first step in crime, or criminal imprudence, which feeble-minded men especially long hesitate or boggle at; and I now more than suspect that, pressed by poverty, and very possibly yielding to the persuasions and example of Jones—who, by the way, was as well acquainted with the premises in Brook Street as his fellow-clerk—the once honest, ductile Owen Lloyd, is now a common thief and burglar.'
— from Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 307 New Series, Saturday, November 17, 1849 by Various

"The air defence of London is now practically under the control of the home forces, of which Lord French is Commander-in-Chief, and Admiral Lord French is Commander-in Chief, and Admiral the gunnery defences of London."— Provincial Paper.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, February 23, 1916 by Various