But time, in its immemorial rudeness, dealt us no courteous extensions.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

The rhythmic action of the heart depends upon nervous centres enclosed within its own substance, so that this organ is to a certain extent independent; but it is connected with the other nervous centres by the branches of a remarkable nerve which proceeds from the medulla oblongata , and also by another set of nerves which come from the chain of ganglia called the sympathetic nerve .
— from Discoveries and Inventions of the Nineteenth Century by Robert Routledge

As a general rule it has been found that if dipping is begun in March and systematically and thoroughly done, all cattle being dipped every 14 days until November, complete eradication will be secured.
— from Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by Dr. (Benjamin Tilghman) Woodward

This it is, roughly speaking, that distinguishes it from absolute music, where the manner in which the themes are handled depends upon no conception, external to the themes themselves, that could be phrased in words.
— from Musical Studies by Ernest Newman

We shall then ascertain, more fully and concisely than we have yet been able to do, exactly what progress has been made in one hundred years by a people left free to work out its own destiny, alike in form of government and in material, moral and intellectual development, under no check except its own self-imposed restraints.
— from Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878. by Various

360–363; and says Lafuente, p. 384, ‘Recaredo fué el primero que con todo el ardor de un neófito, comenzó en el tercer concilio toledano à dar a estas asambleas conocimiento y decision en negocios pertenecientes al gobierno temporal de los pueblos.’
— from History of Civilization in England, Vol. 2 of 3 by Henry Thomas Buckle