In the night, I sometimes thought I heard extraordinary noises in the room under mine, which no one occupied, and where M. Germain alone often came to work during the day.
— from Mysteries of Paris — Volume 02 by Eugène Sue

Perhaps it would be best if the child were always told that God did not impose these rules upon man as something foreign to his nature, simply because God capriciously chose to do so; but that he gave man these rules because they are needed for the highest development of human life.
— from Psychology: an elementary text-book by Hermann Ebbinghaus