It is beautiful weather, and as I sit writing this at my open window I have great difficulty in believing that we are cut off from the rest of the world by a number of victorious armies, who mean to burn or starve us out.
— from Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Henry Labouchere

We hope Sir William Thompson was not justified in stating that revolting cruelties are sometimes practised in this country, in the name of vivisection, although we may concur with him in reprehending the performance of experiments on animals in illustration of truths already ascertained….
— from An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals by Albert Leffingwell

The need of variety alone would make continuance upon one plane impossible; we labor not only in order to arrive at conscious ends, but also in order to relieve ourselves of accumulated energy.
— from A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by Cora May Williams

This situation he lost because a number of valuable articles were missed from different houses to which he was sent.
— from The Mysteries of Heron Dyke: A Novel of Incident. Volume 3 (of 3) by T. W. (Thomas Wilkinson) Speight

These flowers have five separate greenish-white petals covered with a fine network of veins and with many transparent hairs.
— from Flowers, Shown to the Children by C. E. Smith

They are dark green and rather coarse, and are covered with a network of veins and with many stinging hairs.
— from Flowers, Shown to the Children by C. E. Smith

The life-saving crews during the year also rescued or assisted numerous other vessels and warned many from danger by signals, both by day and night.
— from A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Grover Cleveland by Grover Cleveland