Photographs of the moon and planets present exact representations of those heavenly bodies, as seen through the most powerful telescope; and, with the assistance of the stereoscope, the figure of the moon is shown in its true globular form, as it can be seen by no other means.
— from Great Facts A Popular History and Description of the Most Remarkable Inventions During the Present Century by Frederick C. (Frederick Collier) Bakewell

Mathematics and pure physics eminently represent the larger part of these six elements which I have named.
— from Letters from a Father to His Son Entering College by Charles Franklin Thwing

Another illusion by which Napoleon was misled during the campaign of Moscow, and perhaps past experience rendered it very excusable, was the belief that the Emperor Alexander would propose peace when he saw him at the head of his army on the Russian territory.
— from Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon by Various