The great difficulty in deciding it, as has just been said, lies in the fact that ammonia salts, when applied to a soil, are, by the process of nitrification, converted into nitrates.
— from Manures and the principles of manuring by Charles Morton Aikman

Remarkable as is this fire myth of the tamahnawas bridge, the legend inspired by the peculiarities of northwestern climate is no less beautiful.
— from The Guardians of the Columbia Mount Hood, Mount Adams and Mount St. Helens by John H. (John Harvey) Williams

The famous author of the work above quoted urges the example of Solomon to prove that the possession of numerous concubines is not inconsistent with piety and good morals; not considering that God in the beginning made one male and but one female.
— from Arabian Society in the Middle Ages: Studies From The Thousand and One Nights by Edward William Lane

Prejudice or not, confidence is not a bad thing when a conflict is unavoidable.
— from Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" by James Fenimore Cooper

But it is pure fallacy to suppose—and here Mr. Stephens would perhaps acquiesce—that a period of new conquest is needed to elicit new and original literature.
— from The Evolution of States by J. M. (John Mackinnon) Robertson

The principle of natural causality is not self-contradictory.
— from A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' by Norman Kemp Smith