In the first place, it is too wide, because it is not enough that our premisses should be true , they must also be known .
— from The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell

A, pinna; B, cavity of the concha, showing the orifices of a great number of sebaceous glands; C, external auditory meatus; D, membrana tympani; F, incus; H, malleus; K, handle of malleus applied to the internal surface of the membrana tympani; L, tensor tympani muscle; between M and K is the tympanic cavity; N, Eustachian tube; O, P, semicircular canals; R, internal auditory canal; S, large nerve given off from the facial ganglion; T, facial and auditory nerves.
— from A Practical Physiology: A Text-Book for Higher Schools by Albert F. (Albert Franklin) Blaisdell

Life itself was a gift which must be used in His service; no evil thought or purpose should be allowed to enter and interfere with the soul’s growth; duties were the natural outlets of the soul; through them the soul found its happiness.
— from Lucy Larcom: Life, Letters, and Diary by Daniel Dulany Addison

Along the eastern sky, well up, a glow of dull orange spread itself, and creeping up to the glow and gradually transmuting it, was a cold blue, the blue of advancing night—a color so rare that it is matched nowhere else than on polished steel when the blacksmith tempers it.
— from Legends of Fire Island Beach and the South Side by Edward R. (Edward Richard) Shaw

Those carved on the walls of the staircase are numerous, exhibiting trains of Persian subjects from the different parts of the kingdom, bringing presents to the sovereign, led forward in small parties by officers of the court, acting as masters of the ceremonies.
— from Ruins of Ancient Cities (Vol. 2 of 2) With General and Particular Accounts of Their Rise, Fall, and Present Condition by Charles Bucke

“Oh, dear me, no,” exclaimed the old puss, seizing upon what she considered a good opportunity for making an example of me, and giving a lesson to the other girls—for that seemed one of the aims of her life: to make lessons out of everything she said or did, till she was a perfect nuisance.
— from A Fluttered Dovecote by George Manville Fenn

It is not enough that our pupils shall come to know the chief events in the life of Jesus and the outline of his teachings; they must also find themselves lost in admiration of the matchless qualities of his great personality.
— from How to Teach Religion Principles and Methods by George Herbert Betts

'What am I to do, Robert?' No other words, not even those of passionate sorrow, or overflowing affection, could have been half so precious in the ears of Robert.
— from Robert Falconer by George MacDonald

The conclusion, which is not extant, treated of Præmia salutis per futuram gloriam .
— from Church History, Volume 2 (of 3) by J. H. (Johann Heinrich) Kurtz