Among other Norwegians in Madison in the early days were: Anne Vik, who worked for Dr. Collins during 1845;
— from A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States From the Earliest Beginning down to the Year 1848 by George T. (George Tobias) Flom

[22] Yet whether this be so or not, it must, in the end, be allowed that colour does presuppose a sensitive subject in virtue of its own nature, and quite apart from the difficulty—which is in itself insuperable—of determining the right colour of individual bodies.
— from Kant's Theory of Knowledge by H. A. (Harold Arthur) Prichard

For no mention of the vice against nature is made in the enumeration given above (A. 1, Obj. 1).
— from Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

That left a neon ion carrying a single positive charge—an ion that could be written Ne⁺. The neon ions move in the electric field as electrons do, but in the opposite direction since they have an opposite charge.
— from Worlds Within Worlds: The Story of Nuclear Energy, Volume 1 (of 3) Atomic Weights; Energy; Electricity by Isaac Asimov

if they didn't send up a rocket wot bleedin' near 'it me in the 'ead!" "Tyke it to Captain Stevens.
— from Kitchener's Mob: Adventures of an American in the British Army by James Norman Hall

But men once determined on freedom, or on national independence, must in the end overcome all obstacles and vanquish every difficulty.
— from Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 by Callcott, Maria, Lady

Of course he will not be punished, for the policy pursued with respect to the natives is mild in the extreme.
— from The March to Magdala by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

A writer in the "Syracuse Journal" expressed a sort of regretful wonder and shame that "the public are asked to overthrow the sworn testimony of sustained witnesses corroborated by the highest scientific authority"—the only sworn witness being Farmer Newell, whose testimony was not at all conclusive, and the highest scientific authority being an eminent local dentist who, early in his life, had given popular chemical lectures, and who had now invested money in the enterprise.
— from Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2 by Andrew Dickson White

He has not invested men, in the exercise of power, with those transcendent sovereign rights.
— from The Rights of War and Peace by Hugo Grotius