The assertion sounds hard, but it is not, if rightly understood.
— from Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

nec is rarely used in the sense of nē . . .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

Regretting that all my efforts for alleviating the sufferings of wounded men left upon the battle-field have been rendered nugatory, I remain, &., U. S. GRANT, Lieutenant-General.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

The only thing constant (so long as the name is rightly used) is the object to which the name applies.
— from The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell

On the contrary, with all our knowledge of nature it remains undecided whether that Supreme Cause is its original ground according to a final purpose, or not rather by means of an Understanding determined by the mere necessity of its nature to produce certain forms (according to the analogy of what we call the art-instinct in animals); without it being necessary to ascribe to it even wisdom, much less the highest wisdom combined with all other properties requisite for the perfection of its product.
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant

Eine Untersuchung über die Gynaikokratie der alten Welt nach ihrer religiösen und rechtlichen Natur.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

For as the husbandman, in rooting up some wild and useless weed, at once plunges his spade vigorously into the ground, and digs it up by the root, or burns it with fire, but if he has to do with a vine that needs pruning, or some apple-tree, or olive, he puts his hand to it very carefully, being afraid of injuring any sound part; so the philosopher, eradicating from the soul of the young man that ignoble and untractable weed, envy, or unseasonable avarice, or amputating the excessive love of pleasure, may bandage and draw blood, make deep incision, and leave scars: but if he has to apply reason as a corrective to a tender and delicate part of the soul, such as shyness and bashfulness, he is careful that he may not inadvertently root up modesty as well.
— from Plutarch's Morals by Plutarch

Nevertheless, it rests upon ideas so strongly ingrained in the mind that it frequently survives its original cause for being.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

Southey commented thus:— This poor child, instead of being trained up in the way in which he should go, had been bred in the ways of modern philosophy; he had systematically been prevented from knowing anything of that Saviour who said, "Suffer little children to come unto Me, and forbid them not; for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven;" care had been taken that he should not pray to God, nor lie down at night in reliance upon His good Providence!
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb

But to his great satisfaction, Don Benito, as if he began to feel the weight of that treatment with which his slighted guest had, not indecorously, retaliated upon him, now supported by his servant, rose to his feet, and grasping Captain Delano's hand, stood tremulous; too much agitated to [pg 229] speak.
— from The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville

When you find, on entering a room, that your visit is for any reason inopportune, do not instantly retire unless you have entered unperceived and can so leave, in which case leave immediately; if, however, you have been seen, your instant retreat is cut off.
— from The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in All His Relations Towards Society by Cecil B. Hartley

Ever since danger had threatened Marjory, I had carried my revolver with me; even [347] at night it rested under my pillow.
— from The Mystery of the Sea by Bram Stoker

Long had I forgotten my home; now I rest upon the mountain top of Jo-lu....
— from Legends of the Patriarchs and Prophets And Other Old Testament Characters from Various Sources by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

Kenneth B. Pritchard, although he liked the second number immensely, reminds us that we omitted several things that we promised in the September issue.
— from The Fantasy Fan November 1933 The Fans' Own Magazine by Various

Nevertheless, I rose up and clambered aloft to reach my rope ladder.
— from The Grey Man by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

why,—but she was suddenly persuaded that the friend who in the last hour had stood spiritually beside her, stood now, in reality, upon her door-stone.
— from The Other Girls by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney

50) a beam impinges upon a plane mirror (M N), is reflected upwards, and enters a right-angled prism, of which a b c is the section.
— from Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 by John Tyndall

But when, with a long-drawn sigh, she murmured, 'Murderer!' and raised her fists—tiny fists, hands which I had kissed a thousand times—and shook them in the air, an awful terror seized me, and I sought to grasp them and hold them down, but was hindered by some nameless inner recoil under which I could not speak, nor gasp, nor move.
— from The Filigree Ball Being a full and true account of the solution of the mystery concerning the Jeffrey-Moore affair by Anna Katharine Green

“Just the same,” persisted Peter, “the Panama built by the Spaniards in the year 1518 is now in ruins, unless it has been restored since 26 the Americans took possession of the Canal Zone.
— from Boy Scouts in the Canal Zone; Or, The Plot Against Uncle Sam by G. Harvey (George Harvey) Ralphson

Nature, in raising us above the beasts by the divine gift of thought, had rendered us very sensitive to bodily sensations, emotional sentiment, cravings of appetite and passions.
— from The Physiology of Marriage, Part 1 by Honoré de Balzac