In some way or another we must lift the child to the level of society, and, as society is reaching a continually higher and higher level, so the distance through which the child must be raised is ever increased.
— from Craftsmanship in Teaching by William C. (William Chandler) Bagley

She is robed and crowned, her arms fettered with golden chains, and holds herself proudly, not looking at Husak.
— from Semiramis, and Other Plays by Olive Tilford Dargan

Nearing Dorchester again one notices that the sidepath is raised a considerable height above the level of the roadway, being one of many such tree-planted walks that mark the site and extent of the ancient circumvallation of the town, the greater part of which is still intra muros .
— from The Heart of Wessex by Sidney Heath

Bobby bowed rather stiffly in return, and continued his ascent of the stairs with a less sprightly footstep.
— from The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man by George Randolph Chester

The process is slow; it requires a celestial heat and persistency in the moving spirit; it is one of the "all things" that are possible only with God: but it occurs, and it is the most sacred and precious thing in history.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various