The other objects which may be mixed up with this destruction of the enemy's force, and may have more or less influence, we shall describe generally in the next chapter, and become better acquainted with by degrees afterwards; here we divest the combat of them entirely, and look upon the destruction of the enemy as the complete and sufficient object of any combat.
— from On War — Volume 1 by Carl von Clausewitz

The Laws too give directions on all points, aiming either at the common good of all, or that of the best, or that of those in power (taking for the standard real goodness or adopting some other estimate); in one way we mean by Just, those things which are apt to produce and preserve happiness and its ingredients for the social community.
— from The Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle

To give another instance from the vegetable kingdom: plants climb by three distinct means, by spirally twining, by clasping a support with their sensitive tendrils, and by the emission of aerial rootlets; these three means are usually found in distinct groups, but some few species exhibit two of the means, or even all three, combined in the same individual.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin

" "Along the city's thoroughfare, A grim Old Gal with manly air Strode amidst the noisy crowd, Tooting her horn both shrill and loud; Till e'en above the city's roar, Above its din and discord, o'er All, was heard, 'Ye tyrants, fear!
— from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Ida Husted Harper

When the Lithuanians, for example, were condemned to get their education and their culture through the medium of a language not their own, the effect was to denationalize the literate class and to make its members aliens to their own people.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

Confucius replied, 'Such an effect as that cannot be expected from one sentence.
— from The Analects of Confucius (from the Chinese Classics) by Confucius

Thereafter a bit of sunshine came into his darkened home, for the work stamped him as one of the world's great writers, and from England and the Continent pilgrims came in increasing numbers to speak their gratitude.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

Tragical examples are too common in this kind, both new and old, in all ages, as of [6158] Cephalus and Procris, [6159] Phaereus of Egypt, Tereus, Atreus, and Thyestes.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

The dog performed three evolutions around the circle and laid himself, with the deepest respect, at the feet of Monsieur de Chavigny, who at first seemed inclined to like the joke and laughed long and loud, but a frown succeeded, and he bit his lips with vexation.
— from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas

Sin embargo, llegó a sentirse tan fuera de su centro, llegó a verse tan extranjero, digámoslo así, en aquella tenebrosa ciudad de pleitos, de antiguallas, de envidia y de maledicencia, que hizo propósito de abandonarla sin dilación, insistiendo al 10 mismo tiempo en el proyecto que a ella le condujera.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

His features were pleasant and benevolent in expression, and the clear grey eyes were open and candid in their glance.
— from The Devil-Tree of El Dorado: A Novel by Frank Aubrey

(Mr. Neuchamp had so utilised the evenings at the cattle station and other quiet places.)
— from A Colonial Reformer, Vol. 1 (of 3) by Rolf Boldrewood

We have grown wiser in the course of time: misconceptions have been swept away; and everybody may be content with the assurance that there is no necessary connection even, far less any antagonism, between evolution and the Christian faith at all.
— from Creation and Its Records A Brief Statement of Christian Belief with Reference to Modern Facts and Ancient Scripture by B. H. (Baden Henry) Baden-Powell

Neil Durant went over swiftly, but one of the Jefferson backs formed perfect interference and the big wearer of the purple, evading the Ridgley end and the captain went through into an open space,—and almost before the Jefferson stands had begun to shout encouragement to him had covered twenty yards.
— from The Mark of the Knife by Clayton H. (Clayton Holt) Ernst

The proscenium was imported into England at the close of the seventeenth century, appropriate costumes a generation later.
— from The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats, Vol. 4 (of 8) The Hour-glass. Cathleen ni Houlihan. The Golden Helmet. The Irish Dramatic Movement by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats

At the same moment a volley from the hunters sent several balls into the carcass of both mother and cub; but, although badly wounded, neither of them evinced any sign of pain or exhaustion as they continued to battle with the remaining dogs.
— from The World of Ice by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

The swimming life would appear to be neither as easy nor as economical as the creeping.
— from The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 by John M. (John Mason) Tyler

Since the electors ceased to be real electors, as the constitution intended, and became mere messenger-boys carrying votes they never cast, this government is not so republican as is now that its revolution overthrew a hundred years ago.
— from The Monist, Vol. 1, 1890-1891 by Various