that their worship of the God of Israel, in opposition to their idol gods, implied their living according to the holy laws which the true God had given them by Moses, in opposition to those impure laws which were observed under their false gods, well deserves our consideration; and gives us a substantial reason for the great concern that was ever shown under the law of Moses to preserve the Israelites from idolatry, and in the worship of the true God; it being of no less consequence than, Whether God's people should be governed by the holy laws of the true God, or by the impure laws derived from demons, under the pagan idolatry.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

Exactly in point is the following—one of many passages which might be selected from the works of [178] that profoundest of English metaphysicians and theologians, S. T. Coleridge:— "And here let me observe that the difficulty and delicacy of this investigation are greatly increased by our not considering the understanding (even our own) in itself, and as it would be were it not accompanied with and modified by the coöperation of the will, the moral feeling, and that faculty, perhaps best distinguished by the name of Reason, of determining that which is universal and necessary, of fixing laws and principles whether speculative or practical, and of contemplating a final purpose or end.
— from Know the Truth: A Critique on the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation Including Some Strictures Upon the Theories of Rev. Henry L. Mansel and Mr. Herbert Spencer by Jesse Henry Jones

“Hume dwelt especially upon the principle of causality, and quite rightly observed that its truth, and even the objective validity of the concept of efficient cause in general, is based on no insight, {62} i.e. on no a priori knowledge, and that its authority cannot therefore be ascribed to its necessity, but merely to its general utility in the course of experience and to a certain subjective necessity which it thereby acquires, and which he entitles custom.
— from A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' by Norman Kemp Smith

In a sense it’s something that each one of us has to think, whether we are going into battle or not, isn’t it?”
— from The Search by Grace Livingston Hill

"There are dangers as great in Boston or New York as in California, Mary, to a boy of Tom's age.
— from The Young Adventurer; or, Tom's Trip Across the Plains by Alger, Horatio, Jr.

He is a friend and he'd probably lend it because he is, whether he knew he'd ever get it back or not.
— from Thankful's Inheritance by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

And here let me observe that the difficulty and delicacy of this investigation are greatly increased by our not considering the understanding (even our own) in itself, and as it would be were it not accompanied with, and modified by, the co-operation of the will, the moral feeling, and that faculty, perhaps best distinguished by the name of Reason, of determining that which is universal and necessary, of fixing laws and principles whether speculative or practical, and of contemplating a final purpose or end.
— from Aids to Reflection; and, The Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

"By this system God is bereft of none of His rights.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

For every morning each ship, though in mid-ocean, will get its bulletin of news, the ship's printing-press will strike it off, and it will be served hot with the coffee.
— from Boys' Second Book of Inventions by Ray Stannard Baker

But in certain moments of contemplation, when much emotional experience lies behind us, and we have reached very general ideas both of nature and of life, our delight in any particular object may consist in nothing but the thought that this object is a manifestation of universal principles.
— from The Sense of Beauty: Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory by George Santayana

He regarded himself as one of our family, and gloried in bearing our name.
— from Osceola the Seminole; or, The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Mayne Reid

All connoisseurs amongst you, and even amongst us, agree in despising our enchanted, or supernatural scenery; which, they say, is trifling, absurd, extravagant, abounding in conceits and boyish tricks; that operating chiefly by surprize, it has little or no effect, after a first or second inspection, and consequently can afford no pleasure to the owner: yet our best Artists, who have no excessive reverence for the decrees of connoisseurs [29] , and who think the owner is not the only person to be entertained, often introduce it; either where the plan is extensive, and admits of many changes; or, where the ground is barren of natural varieties: saying, in their vindication, that it serves as an interlude between more serious expositions;
— from An Explanatory Discourse by Tan Chet-qua of Quang-chew-fu, Gent. by Chambers, William, Sir