Not to fall back on the gods, where a proximate principle may be found, has with us Westerners long since become the sign of an efficient as distinguished from an inefficient intellect.
— from The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James

If the somewhat fabulous numbers engaged in the irruption of Xerxes and the Crusades be excepted, no undertaking of this kind which has been actually carried out, especially since fleets have been armed with powerful artillery, can at all be compared with the gigantic project and proportionate preparations made by Napoleon for throwing one hundred and fifty thousand veterans upon the shores of England by the use of three thousand launches or large gun-boats, protected by sixty ships of the line [59] .
— from The Art of War by Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de

Perhaps another psychological problem must be included here.
— from Totem and Taboo Resemblances Between the Psychic Lives of Savages and Neurotics by Sigmund Freud

But with Jewish capital at one end of the Gentile working scheme putting the screws on the manufacturers, and with Jewish agitators and disruptionists and subversives at the other end of the Gentile working scheme putting the screws on the workmen, we have a condition at which the world-managers of the Protocol program must be immensely satisfied.
— from The International Jew : The World's Foremost Problem by Anonymous

For our capacity for particular pleasures may be about to change, or may have actually changed since the experiences that form the data of our calculation.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

In general, to establish the right of the first occupier over a plot of ground, the following conditions are necessary: first, the land must not yet be inhabited; secondly, a man must occupy only the amount he needs for his subsistence; and, in the third place, possession must be taken, not by an empty ceremony, but by labour and cultivation, the only sign of proprietorship that should be respected by others, in default of a legal title.
— from The Social Contract & Discourses by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The next paragraph is almost Pickwickian in its unconscious terseness: To this request the commissioners appointed by General Aguinaldo made response that in their opinion the aspirations, purposes, and desires of the Philippine people might be summed up in two words “Absolute Independence.”
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

But, Princess, I am persuaded that you will feel with me, that I cannot possibly present myself before so great a sovereign without the attendants suitable to my rank.
— from The Arabian Nights Entertainments by Andrew Lang

As a noun, Germānus, -ī , m., a German multus, -a, -um , much ; plur., many Adverb saepe , often 286 LESSON XIII, § 95 Nouns ager, agrī , m., field (acre) cōpia, -ae , f., plenty, abundance (copious); plur., troops, forces Cornēlius, Cornē´lī , m., Cornelius lōrī´ca, -ae , f., coat of mail, corselet praemium, praemī , n., reward, prize (premium) puer, puerī , m., boy (puerile) Rōma, -ae , f., Rome scūtum, -ī , n., shield (escutcheon) vir, virī , m., man, hero (virile)
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

paladión , m. , palladium. palco , m. , box.
— from A First Spanish Reader by Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler

The essential point of the theory of fermentation which we have been concerned in proving in the preceding paragraphs may be briefly put in the statement that ferments properly so called constitute a class of beings possessing the faculty of living out of contact with free oxygen; or, more concisely still, we may say that fermentation is a result of life without air.
— from The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various

Chantilly, 16 , 51 Charlemagne, 23 Charles II., 38 Church vestments, 22 Clare, Saint, 25 Colbert, 38 Cole, Mr. Alan, 53 Copes, 22 Coptic design, 4 , 21 , 25 Coraline point, 35 Corporal border, 34 Cotta, 10 Crypt of St. Peter's, 29 D Dalmatia, 45 Dalmatic, 22 Darned work, 39 Denmark, 39 Dentelle, 23 , 34 Dentelle de chasse, 51 [58] Devonshire lace, 52 Dreger, Dr. Moritz, 53 Duccio di Buoninsegna, 30 Dugdale's History, 22 Dutch lace, 40 E Egyptians, 26 English Nuns Rule, 22 Entrelacs, 25 F Festone, Punto a, 14 , 28 Flanders, 16 , 48 , 51 Florence lace, 32 Fogliami, Punto tagliato a, 36 Fortescue, Dr. Adrian, 27 France, Point de, 37 Francis I., King, 32 Francis, Saint, 25 , 27 , 32 G Gammadion Symbol, 21 , 22 , 26 , 27 , 31 Gayet, Mr. A., 25 , 30 Genoa, 13 , 46 , 47 , 51 German lace, 31 , 34 , 40 Giotto, 29 Gnostic definition, 25 Gouda lace, 40 Gozo, 46 Greek work, 21 , 25 Gregory V., 27 Grottaferrata, 27 H Hair lace, 40 Heraldic lace, 30 , 31 , 35 , 48 , 50 Hermitage, Petersburg, 21 Hexagonal meshes, 39 Holy or Hollie lace, 40 Honiton, 47 , 52 I Ilg, Dr., 53 Irish lace, 41 Ivory stitch, 11 , 34 L Lace-making, Revival of, 4 Lace Pattern Books, 21 Lacis, 4 , 11 , 22 , 23 , 30 , 31 Lateran, St. John, 29 Leipzig, 40 Le Puy, 47 Lille, 16 , 50 , 52 Limerick, 40 Lorenzetti, 30 Louis XIV., 38 Louis XVI., 38 Louvre, 29 Lucca, 51 M Macramé, 12 , 33 Madeira, 47 Madrid, 51 Malta, 45 , 46 , 48 Manila Lace, 40 Manuscripts, illuminated, 23 Marie Antoinette, Queen, 39 Marot, Clément, 32 Martial, Saint, 23 Mary Stuart, Queen, 40 Mechlin, 16 , 49 , 52 Mezza Mandolina, 35 Michael, Saint, 32 Milan, 47 , 48 Modano, 4 , 12 , 22 , 30 Moresco, 12 N Navarre, Queen of, 31 Needle-point, Classification of, 5 Nilos, Saint, 27 O Opus sfilatorum, 22 Oriental design, 21 Otho III., 27 P Palliser, Mrs. Bury, 52 , 53 [59] Paris, 16 , 37 , 50 Passemens, 24 Paten Cover, 37 Peter, Saint, 34 Pizzi, 24 , 34 Point à réseau, 15 , 37 , 49 Point de gaze, 39 Point de neige, 13 , 17 Pollen, Mr. John Hungerford, 53 Polygonal Design, 25 , 27 , 30 Portugal, 39 , 47 Potten Kant, 50 Punto in aria, 5 , 14 , 33 Pyx Veil, 4 R Ragusa, 12 Rammendo, Punto a, 13 , 31 Ravenna, 30 Reale, Punto, 15 , 25 , 33 Renaissance, 35 Reticello, 5 , 17 , 23 , 29 , 31 , 33 Ricci Signora Elisa, 53 Riccio Punto, 15 , 31 Rilievo, Punto in, 15 Rock, Dr. Daniel, 26 , 27 , 53 Rosepoint, 17 , 36 Rufinus, 26 Russia, 45 Rustafjaell, Mr., 21 S Sabina, Saint, 24 Sardinia, 45 Sedan, 37 Seguin, Mr., 52 , 53 Semé de larmes, 38 Sens Cathedral, 24 Serapis, 26 Sicily, 21 , 45 Sistine Chapel, 27 Socrates, 26 Spain, 16 , 21 , 37 , 45 , 51 Stuora, Punto a, 13 , 28 , 32 Swaddling Band, 33 Syon Cope, 22 T Tela Tirata, 5 , 17 , 23 , 25 Templars, 22 Tönder Lace, 39 Treccia, Punto, 14 , 28 Trolle Kant, 48 , 52 Tudor Rose, 31 Tuscan Lace, 47 V Valenciennes, 16 , 49 , 50 Valetta, 46 Vatican Treasury, 22 , 27 Venice Lace, 36 , 45 Verhaagen, Mr., 53 Victoria and Albert Museum, 23 , 30 Visconti, 35 Y Yprès, 16 , 50 Z Zeccatello Lace, 47 PRINTED BY BALLANTYNE AND COMPANY LIMITED, AT THE BALLANTYNE PRESS, TAVISTOCK STREET COVENT GARDEN LONDON Transcriber's Notes: The following list shows the corrections made to the text.
— from Seven Centuries of Lace by Maria Margaret Pollen

The prosperous politician may be honest, but his honesty is at best a questionable quality.
— from Reviews by Oscar Wilde

A toun riche mouloun Leisso-me prène pèr ma biasso.
— from Social Life in the Insect World by Jean-Henri Fabre

This seems to be correct in the main, but the remarks made in the latter part of the preceding paragraph must be taken into consideration.
— from River and Canal Engineering, the characteristics of open flowing streams, and the principles and methods to be followed in dealing with them. by E. S. (Edward Skelton) Bellasis

205-234.)—H. C.] We may observe that Severtsof asserts Pamir to be a generic term, applied to all high plateaux in the Thian Shan.[3] ["The Pámír plateau may be described as a great, broad, rounded ridge, extending north and south, and crossed by thick mountain chains, between which lie elevated valleys, open and gently sloping towards the east, but narrow and confined, with a rapid fall towards the west.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

A few days after he had "gathered into his bosom" the bullets of a file of soldiers in the Avenue de l'Observatoire, behind the Luxembourg, the public prosecutor, M. Bellart, was entertaining at dinner the great men of the bar, the army, and society.
— from The Dungeons of Old Paris Being the Story and Romance of the Most Celebrated Prisons of the Monarchy and the Revolution by Tighe Hopkins

In that case each column must be given a separate objective; each objective must be distinct from, and situated some distance away from, any other, and every possible precaution must be taken to prevent an accidental collision between any two columns, either before or after reaching their objectives.
— from Night Operations for Infantry Compiled for the Use of Company Officers by C. T. Dawkins

Such a museum, if residents who are interested in these sciences take proper pains, may be brought to a great degree of perfection and be unique of its kind.
— from Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 by Thomas Henry Huxley