"fittest" hidden in books

for it twists to either side the

The leaflets in becoming vertical at night could of course twist so that their upper surfaces should face to either side; but the two lateral leaflets always twist so that this surface tends to face the north, but as they move at the same time towards the terminal leaflet, the upper surface of the one faces about N.N.W., and that of the other N.N.E. The terminal leaflet behaves differently, for it twists to either side, the upper surface facing sometimes east and sometimes west, but rather more commonly west than east.
— from The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Francis, Sir

fine indeed that they easily sifted through

Sonnets and chant-royals and epics, fine and lofty in spirit; so fine indeed that they easily sifted through every editorial office in London.
— from The Voice in the Fog by Harold MacGrath

faith in this theory especially since the

I have no faith in this theory, especially since the events that have happened in Petrograd have become known to us.
— from Albert Ballin by Bernhard Huldermann

for instance take The eyes say the

Would you not, for instance, take—-" The eyes say the rest.
— from Phyllis by Duchess

furiously into tin trumpets emitting sounds that

Tiny children blew furiously into tin trumpets, emitting sounds that were terribly European.
— from The Spell of Egypt by Robert Hichens

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