The First Church of Christ, Scientist, our prayer in [1] stone, will be the prophecy fulfilled, the monument up- reared, of Christian Science.
— from Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 by Mary Baker Eddy

We should rather say that, in the interval between their days and ours, morality has advanced from a very rude to a highly refined conception—from viewing the rights of property as exclusively sacred, to looking upon the rights growing out of the mere unilateral reposal of confidence as entitled to the protection of the penal law.
— from Ancient Law: Its Connection to the History of Early Society by Maine, Henry Sumner, Sir

—In relation to these experiments, it may be mentioned that Mr. S. P. Thompson, of Bristol, is reported to have studied the action of magnetism upon rings of coloured liquid projected through water, and to have observed their retardation and partial destruction in passing through a powerful magnetic field.
— from Auroræ: Their Characters and Spectra by J. Rand Capron

"In fact, to our eyes, consequences do generally look a most unfair result of causes; as a very small seed will often grow up into a very big tree.
— from The Spinners by Eden Phillpotts

A suspicious circumstance, showing that the men were disheartened and greatly fatigued, was that they came down to the cabin and asked for bottles of porter, &c.—a most unusual request, of course.
— from The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 by Frederick Whymper

I ordered my usual repast of coffee and rolls.
— from Diary of a Pilgrimage by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

I had my reasons for being suspicious of the committee: it had received me under reservation of correction and, as the committee of the Théâtre-Français had given me Samson as reviser, the committee of the Odéon appointed MM.
— from My Memoirs, Vol. III, 1826 to 1830 by Alexandre Dumas

THE PEREGRINE Falco peregrinus, Tunstall This noble species, the king of Falcons, is still, we are glad to say, by no means uncommon round our coasts, though as a breeding bird it has been banished from most of its inland eyries.
— from Birds of Britain by J. Lewis (John Lewis) Bonhote

Still, there is a point at which my indifference will give way to disgust.... —— recommended Paul de Kock's books strongly to me, therefore I read one of them, but found it so very little to my taste that I was obliged, against my usual rule of compliance with my friend's recommendations in these matters, to decline the rest of the author's works.
— from Records of Later Life by Fanny Kemble

Less elegant and poetic than Taylor, he dashes ahead with a more perfect indifference to consequences, and a more utter reliance on coming out all right in the end.
— from The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 by Various