Failure to use meanings that are nevertheless understood reveals dependence upon external stimulus, and lack of intellectual initiative.
— from How We Think by John Dewey

“Hold the rod down, uncle,” Edwin said.
— from The Young Physician by Francis Brett Young

He had won success enough through "Salmagundi" and "Knickerbocker's History" to give him the importance of an accredited literary ambassador from the Republic, in treating with a foreign audience; and he really did us excellent service abroad.
— from A Study of Hawthorne by George Parsons Lathrop