284 This venom therefore comprises: (1) A phlogogenic substance, destroyed by ebullition, contained in the acid gland of the bee; (2) a poison causing convulsions, which does not resist a temperature of 100° C., if prolonged, and is probably produced by the alkaline gland; (3) a stupefactive poison, which is secreted by the acid gland, and is not entirely destroyed until a temperature of 150° C. is reached.
— from Venoms: Venomous Animals and Antivenomous Serum-therapeutics by A. (Albert) Calmette

I was but a poor swimmer, for swimming is a natural gift, and is not equally distributed to all.
— from Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood by George MacDonald

It is generally partially concealed by leaves or a tuft of grass, and is not easily discovered unless the female is seen about it.
— from A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 2 of 3 by Robert Ridgway

And finally, it cannot be otherwise than useful to us to form the opinion, which the contemplation of this subject must always produce, namely, that many of the evils, which are still left among us, may, by an union of wise and virtuous individuals, be greatly alleviated, if not entirely done away: for if the great evil of the Slave-trade, so deeply entrenched by its hundred interests, has fallen prostrate before the efforts of those who attacked it, what evil of a less magnitude shall not be more easily subdued?
— from The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade by the British Parliament (1808), Volume I by Thomas Clarkson