And when any of the canals which naturally open upon the external surface at the median line happens to deviate from its proper position, such deviation, if it be the result of an error in the law of development, always occurs, by an actual necessity, at the median line.
— from Surgical Anatomy by Joseph Maclise

All the pious ideas that had been so long forgotten, returned; he recollected the prayers his mother had taught him, and discovered a new meaning in every word; for in prosperity prayers seem but a mere medley of words, until misfortune comes and the unhappy sufferer first understands the meaning of the sublime language in which he invokes the pity of heaven!
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

Let us allow, then, frugality itself to be another and fourth virtue; for its peculiar property seems to be, to govern and appease all tendencies to too eager a desire after anything, to restrain lust, and to preserve a decent steadiness in everything.
— from Cicero's Tusculan Disputations Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth by Marcus Tullius Cicero

For in prosperity people seem to clutch as it were at glory and enjoy it, and so gratify their ambition; 319 but in adversity, being far from ambition owing to circumstances, such self-commendation seems to be a bearing up and fortifying the spirit against fortune, and an avoidance altogether of that desire for pity and condolence, and that humility, which we often find in adversity.
— from Plutarch's Morals by Plutarch

On Fortune in public processions, see p. 421.
— from The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy by Jacob Burckhardt

A consideration of this led me to remark in the conclusion of “Aerodynamics”: “I have not asserted, without qualification, that mechanical flight is practically possible, since this involves questions as to the method of constructing the mechanism, of securing its safe ascent and descent, and also of securing the indispensable condition for the economic use of the power I have shown to be at our disposal—the condition, I mean, of our ability to guide it in the desired horizontal direction during transport—questions which, in my opinion, are only to be answered by further experiment and which belong to the inchoate art or science of aerodromics on which I do not enter.”
— from Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight, Parts I and II Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Volume 27 Number 3, Publication 1948, 1911 by Charles M. (Charles Matthews) Manly

The chart shows the approximate lifting force, in pounds per square foot, for various angles.
— from Flying Machines Today by William D. (William Duane) Ennis

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— from Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery by Clifton A. (Clifton Armstrong) Howes

After men have fenced in pairs, practice should be given in fencing between groups, equally and unequally divided.
— from Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by James A. (James Alfred) Moss

It behooves Poland to lift the question from its present petty surroundings and set it in the larger frame of world issues.
— from The Inside Story of the Peace Conference by Emile Joseph Dillon

Cornelius had brewed a soul-refreshing drink—more inebriating than wine—sweeter and more fragrant than any fruit: it possessed probably strong medicinal powers, imparting gladness to the heart and vigour to the limbs; but its effects would wear out; already were they diminished in my frame.
— from Tales and Stories Now First Collected by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Where the spider spins his web in grim seclusion, To entrap the fly and vacillating moth; From the rotten floor, in poisonous profusion Spring the toadstools, with their foul and fungous growth.
— from The Passing of the Storm, and Other Poems by Alfred Castner King

If we assume an Aramaic original , Babylonia most probably will be the place for its production; Palestine somewhat less probably.
— from The Three Additions to Daniel, a Study by William Heaford Daubney