As we were returning from an eastern trip, some years ago, on the train just east of Green River, I saw him go out to the end of the car on the platform, and immediately return and hesitate a moment, and then sit down in the seat just ahead of me.
— from Gospel Doctrine: Selections from the Sermons and Writings of Joseph F. Smith by Joseph F. (Joseph Fielding) Smith

The only good reason I should have for disencumbering myself of my possessions would be that I might set a good example of the simple life, by working hard for a livelihood, which is exactly what I do; and my only misfortune is that my earnings and the interest of my accumulated earnings produce a sum which is far larger than the average man ought to possess.
— from At Large by Arthur Christopher Benson

The Parallel Roads of Glen Roy, in Scotland, have been the object of repeated examination, but they have never hitherto been levelled with sufficient accuracy.
— from More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 A Record of His Work in a Series of Hitherto Unpublished Letters by Charles Darwin

“It was easy enough for him to talk of getting ready in six hours for a voyage that was not to exceed two years.
— from Chance: A Tale in Two Parts by Joseph Conrad

“At a time of great religious interest,” said he, “when many persons, awakened to a sense of their danger, were inquiring what they should do to be saved, I spoke to three boys, and asked them if they could not, by personal effort, lead some of their companions to the Saviour.
— from What Norman Saw in the West by Anonymous