FOOTNOTES: [50] Greater mobility is now given to foot-artillery by mounting the men on the boxes.
— from The Art of War by Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de

Though thy body which is so near it should either be cut or burnt, or suffer any corruption or putrefaction, yet let that part to which it belongs to judge of these, be still at rest; that is, let her judge this, that whatsoever it is, that equally may happen to a wicked man, and to a good man, is neither good nor evil.
— from Meditations by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius

Tribes from across the Rhine were gathering, massing in northern Gaul, and its spirit was antagonistic to the contentment of the rich Mediterranean provinces.
— from Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1 by Elise Whitlock Rose

That this is a true estimate of the merits of The Greville Memoirs is now generally admitted.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 21, April, 1875, to September, 1875 A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various

One flourishing gold mine is now giving handsome returns, and several others seem to lack only the capital needed to develop them on a considerable scale in order to make them pay; dredges are operating for gold with great success in the vicinity of Paracale in eastern Luzón, and there are other gold placer fields in the islands which are worthy of careful investigation.
— from The Philippines: Past and Present (Volume 2 of 2) by Dean C. (Dean Conant) Worcester

[7] A Castle, now a well-preserved ruin, in the Giant Mountains in N. Germany.
— from The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 4 by Guy de Maupassant

I am more and more convinced that Africa is the country to which all colored men who wish to attain the full stature of manhood, and bring up their children to be men and not creeping things, should turn their steps; and I feel more and more every day, that I made a great mistake in not going there, when I was untrammelled by family ties, and had the opportunity.
— from Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party by Martin Robison Delany

About love and marriage, remember always that being sensible in general matters is no guarantee that you will act sensibly there.
— from The Great Miss Driver by Anthony Hope

In the first place, the battery may be worn out; there may be a lack of compression due to leaky valves; perhaps, after all, he forgot to place the switch key in position; the spark plugs may be fouled or cracked, the gasoline shut off, the gas mixture imperfect, no gasoline in the tank, water in the cylinder caused by a leak from the water jacket, or water in the gasoline.
— from The Launch Boys' Cruise in the Deerfoot by Edward Sylvester Ellis

'Why wilt thou go?' ' Must I not go from thee when thou art a Saint?'
— from From a Swedish Homestead by Selma Lagerlöf