that so and so is good for all, or for men in such and such cases:” because general maxims are not only said to be but are the object-matter of sciences: still this is no reason against the possibility of a man’s taking excellent care of some one case, though he possesses no scientific knowledge but from experience is exactly acquainted with what happens in each point; just as some people are thought to doctor themselves best though they would be wholly unable to administer relief to others.
— from The Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle

Leaves are dashed from the trees, mingled with small boughs; windows that lie most opposed to the direct fury of the pelting particles of ice are broken, and the rapt repose that before was so remarkable in its intensity, is exchanged for a noise which, in its accumulation, drowns every cry of surprise or consternation which here and there arose from persons who found their houses invaded by the storm.
— from Varney the Vampire; Or, the Feast of Blood by Thomas Preskett Prest

We must make our own communion as inclusive as we believe the Church to be, or we are not attempting to organize the Church of Christ, but to create some exclusive club or sect of Christians of a particular variety.
— from Some Christian Convictions A Practical Restatement in Terms of Present-Day Thinking by Henry Sloane Coffin

But a meddlesome woman, who, by the accident of circumstances, had found free access to the family of Mr. Lester, set herself seriously at work to interfere with the orderly course of things, and effect a conjunction between two in no way fitted for each other, either in external circumstances or similarity of character.
— from Finger Posts on the Way of Life by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur

Perchloric acid is also formed by the action of an electric current on solutions of chlorine and chlorine monoxide.
— from The Principles of Chemistry, Volume I by Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev

Cotton seed oil is bleached by treatment with either carbonate of soda or caustic lime.
— from Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by George Field

It is well illustrated in America, where the Red Race, one in origin and possessed of homogeneous institutions, were in three different ethnical conditions or stages of culture.
— from Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines by Lewis Henry Morgan

One of Mr. Naylor’s first actions was to issue a leaflet, which he sent to every commanding officer, setting out certain rules of paramount importance.
— from The Flags of Our Fighting Army Including standards, guidons, colours and drum banners by Stanley C. (Stanley Currie) Johnson

Some shales are almost entirely composed of silica or calcareous matter, but many others are rich in clay, the term referring to physical structure and not to chemical composition.
— from The Natural History of Clay by Alfred B. (Alfred Broadhead) Searle

The Spaniards seeing the false report of so famous riches, returned to Tiguex, without seeing either crosse or shew of Christianitie: and from thence to Mexico.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 14 America, Part III by Richard Hakluyt

Figures 262 and 263 are daughter plates from two spindles showing the chromosome content of the two equal classes of spermatozoa, one class containing 11 ordinary chromosomes, the other 11 ordinary chromosomes plus the odd heterochromosome, for the odd chromosome divides with the others in the second spindle as in Orthoptera (McClung and Sutton).
— from Studies in Spermatogenesis (Part 2 of 2) by N. M. (Nettie Maria) Stevens