But this kind of exclusive affection, though it degrade the individual, should not be brought forward as a proof of the inferiority of the sex, because it is the natural consequence of confined views: for even women of superior sense, having their attention turned to little employments, and private plans, rarely rise to heroism, unless when spurred on by love; and love as an heroic passion, like genius, appears but once in an age.
— from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects by Mary Wollstonecraft

The competing group in seeking to insure acquiescence and loyalty elaborates a protective philosophy by which it creates within its members the belief that their lot is much to be preferred to that of other comradeships and associations.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

Of this ‘religion’ it has been said: “The name embraces education, letters, ethics, and political philosophy.
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner

I find that Alexander, who begins greatly to feel his advanced years, is no match for the learned, eloquent, and powerful presbyter, and that unless he receive active, intelligent support, the controversy in Egypt and Syria will ultimately die out for want of opposition to Arius.
— from Arius the Libyan: A Romance of the Primitive Church by Nathan C. (Nathan Chapman) Kouns

De legato et absoluto principe perduellionis reo.
— from The Early Oxford Press A Bibliography of Printing and Publishing at Oxford, '1468'-1640; With Notes, Appendixes and Illustrations by Falconer Madan

Although these methods of detecting use of library computers to access illegal content are not perfect, and a library, out of respect for patrons' privacy, may choose not to adopt such policies, the government has failed to show that such methods are substantially less effective at preventing patrons from accessing obscenity and child pornography than software filters.
— from Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) Ruling by United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

"A real prodigy of order, labor, economy, and practical philosophy, I assure you; hence, I recommend her to you.
— from Mysteries of Paris — Volume 02 by Eugène Sue

Cleanthes, a Stoic, subdivided the three divisions and made six,—Dialectic and Rhetoric, comprised in Logic; Ethic and Politic; Physic and Theology.
— from Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius

Laudent ergo alii Polycletos Parrhasiosue Et quosuis alios id genus artifices: Ingenuas quisquis Musarum diligit artes
— from An Essay on Colophons, with Specimens and Translations by Alfred W. (Alfred William) Pollard

"It is rather curious, Countess Strahni, that you should hold in such low esteem a profession practiced by one of your most favored friends."
— from The Secret Witness by George Gibbs

“Beyond that mountain,” she said dreamily, in her rich voice, “lies Europe, ambition, power, pleasure, love.
— from The Golden Rock by Ernest Glanville