Excluding these special cases, the general law is that for a strip in length more than n² times the breadth, and not more than (n+1)² times the breadth, it may be cut in n+2 pieces to form a square, and there will be n-1 rectangular pieces like piece 4 in the diagram.
— from Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney

You could get lost in this fog easier than not.
— from Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

[ On Liberty, concluding chapter; and, at greater length, in the final chapter of "Principles of Political Economy.
— from Considerations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill

Well, there can be no great loss in thee; for thou wouldst do nothing here but howl, bray, weep, and dishearten the good soldiers.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

One advantage of the term "group" lies in the fact that it may be applied to the smallest as well as to the largest forms of human association.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

The detailed and thorough refutation of this Kantian principle of morality I have given later in the “Fundamental Problems of Ethics.” There remains, therefore, but little for me to say here about the actual influence of reason, in the true sense of the word, upon action.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

But in 1717, a new organization of the governing head was adopted, which gave birth to the establishment of a Grand Lodge, in the form in which these bodies now exist.
— from The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry by Albert Gallatin Mackey

I shall not attempt to enumerate the restorers of Grecian literature in the fifteenth century; and it may be sufficient to mention with gratitude the names of Theodore Gaza, of George of Trebizond, of John Argyropulus, and Demetrius Chalcocondyles, who taught their native language in the schools of Florence and Rome.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

He came from that intelligent and brave race of schoolmasters ever persecuted, who have fallen from the Guizot Law into the Falloux Law, and from the Falloux Law into the Dupanloup Law.
— from The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness by Victor Hugo

Violence without strength, energy without foresight, imperiousness without ascendency—such are not the qualities that go to make a great leader in the field.
— from A History of the British Army, Vol. 2 First Part—to the Close of the Seven Years' War by Fortescue, J. W. (John William), Sir

Jake cautioned the boys against going very far from the beach because of the danger of getting lost in the forest, and as they disappeared among the underbrush he threw himself upon the ground, unable longer to fight against the despair which was rapidly overpowering him.
— from The Search for the Silver City: A Tale of Adventure in Yucatan by James Otis

As God, the creator of the universe, set two great lights in the firmament of heaven, the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night [Gen. 1:15,16], so He set two great dignities in the firmament of the universal church, ... the greater to rule the day, that is, souls, and the lesser to rule the night, that is, bodies.
— from A Source Book for Mediæval History Selected Documents illustrating the History of Europe in the Middle Age by Oliver J. (Oliver Joseph) Thatcher

[21] Table 12.—Effect of Adding Sugars to Yolk-Citrate Diluent on Sperm Motility During Equilibration With Glycerol [J] Stage when observed Sperm motility (percent) Glycerol only Glycerol and glucose Glycerol and rhamnose Fresh diluted semen 56 56 56 After glycerolization 54 54 54 After equilibration 2 hours 51 53 53 6 hours 48 52 53 12 hours 46 50 51 18 hours 40 46 46 [J] Glycerol level in the final frozen mixture was 7 percent.
— from Preservation of Bull Semen at Sub-Zero Temperatures by W. J. Miller

I am not sure but it belongs to the great literature in that fidelity to life which I have spoken of, and which the author brought himself to practise with such difficulty, and under so much stress from his editor.
— from Literary Friends and Acquaintance; a Personal Retrospect of American Authorship by William Dean Howells

In districts of dry late summer and fall, the greatest danger in depending upon the fall rains for germination lies in the fact that the precipitation is often so small that it initiates germination without being sufficient to complete it.
— from Dry-Farming : A System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall by John Andreas Widtsoe