Is human nature calculated to reject miracle, and trust, during the most terrible moments in life, when the most momentous, painful and perplexing problems struggle within man's soul, to the free decisions of his heart for the true solution?
— from The Grand Inquisitor by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Now, Erasistratus himself confesses this, albeit unintentionally; 261 for when he says that the digestion of food becomes worse in fever, not because the innate heat has ceased to be in due proportion, as people previously supposed, but because the stomach, with its activity impaired, cannot contract and triturate as before—then, I say, one may justly ask him what it is that has impaired the activity of the stomach.
— from Galen: On the Natural Faculties by Galen

national savings bank Posttarif mail rates Posttarif postal rate Postversandbescheinigung certificate of posting Postwaggon (US) postal car Postwerbung postal advertising Postwertzeichen postal stamps Postwurfsendung bulk mail Postzug mail train Postzustellbezirk postal zone Postzustellung postal delivery potentielle Konkurrenz; mögliche Konkurrenz potential competition Potenzial; potenziell potential Prägedruck embossed printing Prägemaschine embossing machine prägen emboss Prägen minting Prägen von Münzen coinage Praktikant student apprentice praktische Anwendung practical application praktische Erfahrung know-how praktische Erfahrung practical knowledge praktische Erfahrung; Praxis practical experience praktischer Arzt general practitioner praktizieren practise Prämie premium Prämie für unfallfreie Arbeit safety award Prämie für unfallfreies Verhalten safety award Prämie; Aufgeld premium Prämie; Bonus; Gutschein bonus Prämie; Leistungsprämie premium Prämie; Option option money Prämienabrechnungsblatt bonus sheet Prämienabrechnungsbogen bonus sheet Prämienaktien bonus shares Prämiengeschäft option business Prämiengeschäft; Optionsgeschäft option business Prämienhöhe amount of premium Pramienlohn premium pay Prämienlohnplan incentive plan Prämienlohnsystem bonus scheme Prämienlohnsystem bonus wages system Prämienlohnsystem incentive system Prämiensatz premium rate Prämiensatz rate of option Prämiensatz rate of premium Prämiensystem bonus scheme Prämiensystem incentive plan Prämiensystem incentive scheme Prämiensystem premium bonus system Prämiensystem premium system Prämiensystem prmium bonus system Prämiensystem production bonus system Prämienverdienstzettel bonus sheet Prämienvereinbarung bonus agreement Präsident president Praxis
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

The chief classes of participles are present participles and past participles , so called from the time which they denote.
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by George Lyman Kittredge

Privatangelegenheiten private affairs Privatbank private bank Privatbankier (US) individual banker Privatbesitz private property private Körperschaft private corporation private Krankenversicherung private health insurance private Spareinlage private deposit private Vereinbarung; private Abmachung private arrangement privater Besitz private property privater Sektor der Wirtschaft private sector of the economy privater Verbrauch private consumption privates Darlehen personal loan privates Fernsehen; unabhängiges Fernsehen independent television Privatgespräch private call Privatkonto private account Privatsektor private sector Privatunternehmen privately owned concern Privatunternehmen; freie Wirtschaft private enterprise privatwirtschaftliches Risiko commercial risk privilegiert privileged privilegierte Bevölkerung privileged population privilegierte Klassen privileged classes pro Kopf per capita Probe trial Probeabonnement trial subscription Probebefragung pilot test Probebilanz trial balance Probeexemplar advance copy Probeexemplar specimen copy Probeexemplar; Gratisexemplar specimen copy Probeinterview pretest interview Probelast test load Problem problem Problem lösen solve a problem problematisch problematic Produkt product Produktanalyse product analysis Produktauswahl product choice Produktauswahl range of products Produktenbörse commodity exchange Produktenbörse produce exchange Produktentwicklung development of a product Produktentwicklung product development Produktentwicklungsleiter product development manager Produktgestalter product designer Produktgestaltung product design Produktion production Produktion; Ausbringung output Produktionsablauf production flow Produktionsbestgestaltung production engineering Produktionsdaten manufacturing data Produktionseinschränkung limitation of production Produktionserleichterung facilitation of production Produktionsfaktor factor of production Produktionsfaktoren factors of production Produktionsfaktoren production factors Produktionsgemeinkisten production overheads Produktionsgenossenschaft producers' cooperative Produktionsgesellschaft manufacturing company Produktionsgüter capital goods Produktionsgüter industrial goods Produktionsindex index of production Produktionskapazität production capacity Produktionskosten cost of production Produktionskostenvoranschlag production estimate Produktionskurve production curve Produktionsleistung manufacturing efficiency Produktionsmittel means of production Produktionsmöglichkeiten production facilities Produktionsplanung production planning Produktionsprämie production bonus Produktionssteigerung rise in output Produktionsvorgang; Herstellungsablauf production process Produktionszahlen output figures Produktionszeit time of production produktiv productive produktive Arbeit productive labour produktive Arbeit productive work produktive Bevölkerung productive population produktive Tätigkeiten productive operations Produktivität productivity Produktivität der Arbeit; Effektivität efficiency of labour Produktivitätsfaktor agent of productivity Produktivitätssteigerung rise in productivity Produktmanagement product management Produktmanager product executive Produktprofil product personality Produktprofil product profile Produktwerbung product advertising Produzent producer professionell professional Profite gainings Proforma pro forma Proformarechnung pro forma invoice Prognose forecasting Prognose prognosis Prognose der Einnahmen cash forecast Programm (Br.)
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

Mankind is engaged in planting, forestry, and mining, preparing food and shelter, making clothes and machines, transporting goods and folk, disseminating news, distributing products, doing public and private personal service, teaching, advancing science, and creating art.
— from Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois

Phr. : a party , partially, S2.—AF.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

Procuratour , sb. proctor, agent, PP; procuratoure , steward, W; proketowre , Prompt.—AF.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

This charm of drawing him closer to her, which her favourite plays and pictures and places possessed, struck him as being more mysterious than the intrinsic charm of more beautiful things and places, which appealed to him by their beauty, but without recalling her.
— from Swann's Way by Marcel Proust

Jellicoe’s youngest daughter is called Prudence Patton, and Prudence Patton served King Charles II.
— from Admiral Jellicoe by Arthur Applin

"But," observed I, "why be so uncharitable to this poor, and persecuted principle, since none of you deny the good and great actions it effects; why stigmatize vanity as a vice, when it creates, or, at least participates in, so many virtues?
— from Pelham — Volume 06 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

The incoming Congress should promptly fulfill the promise of the Republican platform and pass a proper postal savings bank bill.
— from U.S. Presidential Inaugural Addresses by United States. Presidents

It is true that pictures and photographs partially supply the place of observation, but by no means so successfully as many imagine.
— from Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers by Garrett Putman Serviss

The genus Polyplecta comprises provisionally all Plectanida possessing seven or more radial spines, united in the centre of the framework.
— from Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-76, Vol. XVIII by Ernst Haeckel

AL LUR'ING, seductive; flattering. AP PRO' PRI ATE, proper; peculiar. SUB MIS' SION, resignation.
— from Sanders' Union Fourth Reader Embracing a Full Exposition of the Principles of Rhetorical Reading; with Numerous Exercises for Practice, Both in Prose and Poetry, Various in Style, and Carefully Adapted to the Purposes of Teaching in Schools of Every Grade by Charles W. (Charles Walton) Sanders

For who would risque the making impromptu poems at Paris? pour s'attirer persiflage in every Coterie comme il faut
— from Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Hester Lynch Piozzi

Natural hazards: hurricanes and volcanic activity Environment - current issues: deforestation; soil erosion, particularly in the northern region Environment - international agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Whaling signed, but not ratified: Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol Geography - note: the twin Pitons (Gros Piton and Petit Piton), striking cone-shaped peaks south of Soufriere, are one of the scenic natural highlights of the Caribbean People Saint Lucia Population: 162,157 (July 2003 est.)
— from The 2003 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

At her home and office in Glen Echo you can begin to sense this complex, fascinating individual: the public and private person so inextricably intertwined.
— from Clara Barton National Historic Site, Maryland Handbook 110 by United States. National Park Service