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Till out of seeming chaos order grows, In ever-widening orbs of law restrained, And the Creation's mighty music flows In perfect harmony, serene, sustained; And from varieties of force and power, A larger unity and larger still, Broadens to view, till in some breathless hour All force is known, grasped in a central Will, Thunder and light revealed as one same strength— Modes of the force that works at Nature's heart— And through the Universe's veinèd length Bids, wave on wave, mysterious pulses dart.
— from Michael Faraday, Man of Science by Walter Jerrold
m say, Desyrus all the maner forto heir, Mysknawyng the gret iniquiteis seir And sle craftis of Grekis in euery deid.
— from The Æneid of Virgil Translated Into Scottish Verse. Volumes 1 & 2 by Virgil
In so far as the exercise of legislative power is controlled by the Supreme Court our government is essentially aristocratic in character.
— from The Spirit of American Government A Study Of The Constitution: Its Origin, Influence And Relation To Democracy by J. Allen (James Allen) Smith
"Till out of seeming chaos order grows, In ever-widening orbs of Law restrained, And the Creation's mighty music flows In perfect harmony, serene, sustained; "And from varieties of force and power, A larger unity, and larger still, Broadens to view, till in some breathless hour All force is known, grasped in a central Will, "Thunder and light revealed as one same strength— Modes of the force that works at Nature's heart— And through the Universe's veinèd length Bids, wave on wave, mysterious pulses dart.
— from Michael Faraday Third Edition, with Portrait by J. H. (John Hall) Gladstone
Thus believers in every kind of trouble should seek comfort of God in earnest prayer; nor is it improper then solemnly to give ourselves to God, and renew our vows.
— from The Preacher's Complete Homiletic Commentary on the Books of the Bible, Volume 15 (of 32) The Preacher's Complete Homiletic Commentary on the Book of the Prophet Isaiah, Volume I by Alfred Tucker
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