And there is nothing so certain as that, in regard to all human relations, and in regard to the relations to God which in many respects follow, and are moulded after the pattern of, our earthly relations of love, to have the heart fixed in pure affection is to have the whole life subordinated in glad obedience.
— from Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. by Alexander Maclaren

But it is often found to be the fact, that the sincere and honest, who will not flatter, and do not approve all the projects of an ambitious aspirant, or an arbitrary Prince, are less courted, than those who have no settled principles, or one ever ready to support the successful candidate for power.
— from Memoirs of General Lafayette With an Account of His Visit to America and His Reception By the People of the United States; From His Arrival, August 15th, to the Celebration at Yorktown, October 19th, 1824. by Samuel L. (Samuel Lorenzo) Knapp

579 Sora, the academy of, the Gaon (principal) of , of equal rank with the Exilarch, 3 , 93 .
— from History of the Jews, Vol. 6 (of 6) Containing a Memoir of the Author by Dr. Philip Bloch, a Chronological Table of Jewish History, an Index to the Whole Work by Heinrich Graetz

Most persons of our European race in arrogant self-satisfaction have not been accustomed to think of those of the American race as agriculturists at all, much less have we given thought to the contributions made by that race to the world’s agriculture.
— from Prairie Smoke, a Collection of Lore of the Prairies by Melvin R. (Melvin Randolph) Gilmore

He looked again at the dear grey head abased in his unworthy presence out of endless remorse for one error.
— from The Unknown Sea by Clemence Housman

The language in which the stories are narrated is rich in the quaint and vigorous phrases of Old English, reminding one of the times of Shakespeare and before.
— from Special Method in Primary Reading and Oral Work with Stories by Charles A. (Charles Alexander) McMurry

But, when corrupted with denials, mortifications, and a punctilious observance of external rites, it assumes a form disgusting to men of taste, and a relish for social happiness, and is productive of the most destructive consequences.
— from Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou by Maturin Murray Ballou

Progress on other economic reforms has been halting because of opposition from the bureaucracy, public sector unions, and other vested interest groups.
— from The 1997 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

They are all so proud of our extraordinary result.
— from The Squaw Man: A Novel by Julie Opp

The Persian headman was always wanting to stop and rest his horses; so that what with perpetually working at him to keep him up to the mark, pacifying the Spanish widow, and foraging for our daily bread, we had plenty of occupation en route .
— from Under the Red Crescent Adventures of an English Surgeon with the Turkish Army at Plevna and Erzeroum 1877-1878 by John Sandes