There is the thrifty Mercury of New England, Pluto of the North, and Ceres of the West; and there, too, is the half-forgotten Apollo of the South, under whose aegis the maiden ran,—and as she ran she forgot him, even as there in Boeotia Venus was forgot.
— from The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois

In these articles one will find almost limitless material on nearly every popular topic of the day— political, economic, scientific, social, educational.
— from Practical Argumentation by George K. (George Kynett) Pattee

To the worldly, carnal mind of Nebuchadnezzar, empires possessed a show of grandeur and glory, and they were therefore represented accordingly in his vision; but to the spiritual-minded Daniel they would appea r odious and terrible, and they were therefore represented to him under the symbol of devouring beasts .
— from The Last Reformation by F. G. (Frederick George) Smith

As a matter of necessity each partook of those features of caste, condition, origin, and association that characterize their particular set; but when it came to the nicer distinctions that mark true individuality, it would not have been easy to find two men more essentially different in character.
— from Home as Found Sequel to "Homeward Bound" by James Fenimore Cooper

No one who is concerned for the immediate future of Europe should neglect the omen: half a million men, with leaders chosen rapidly by themselves, converging without disaster, with ample commissariat, with precision and rapidity upon one spot: a common action decided upon, and that action most calculated to defeat the enemy; decided upon by men of no exceptional power, mere mouthpieces of this vast concourse: similar and exactly parallel decisions over the whole countryside from the great towns to the tiny mountain villages.
— from On Something by Hilaire Belloc

" This formed no part of Mr. Payne's scheme, in fact was directly opposed to the spirit of his work, which was to make the translation, while quite faithful to the original, a monument of noble English prose and verse.
— from The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Thomas Wright

But my old 'New England Primer' I thought I would throw away; For it was not a book like this one, but had covers and pictures gay.
— from Once Upon a Time, and Other Child-Verses by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

The bishop himself acted as chief tempter of my old New England principles.
— from My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands, Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year by George Francis Train

It has been estimated that as much as 5,000 tons of nitric oxide is produced for each megaton of nuclear explosive power.
— from Worldwide Effects of Nuclear War: Some Perspectives by United States. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency