A magnet so produced is called an electro-magnet , to distinguish it from the ordinary permanent steel magnets.
— from Discoveries and Inventions of the Nineteenth Century by Robert Routledge

In this work, in which “the fundamental ideas of Luther found a classical expression,” the theology is “strongly predestinarian in character, and even answers affirmatively the question: ‘ utrum Deus mala faciat .’”
— from Luther, vol. 2 of 6 by Hartmann Grisar

He still persists in carrying around Europe, in spite of wars, his priceless record of years of labor.
— from Paris Vistas by Helen Davenport Gibbons

But in that dialogue we shall also see Plato furnishing an elaborate reply to this doctrine in the speech of Protagoras; who indicates the multifarious and powerful influences which are perpetually operative, even without special professors, in creating and enforcing ethical sentiment.
— from Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume 2 by George Grote

Many odd sights greeted her eager gaze as she peered into classrooms and exhibit cases; but she met with no one until she chanced to open the door of Doctor Morton’s private laboratory, and found that eminent man bending over a human brain, which he was dissecting.
— from Carmen Ariza by Charles Francis Stocking

“It is clear that as society progresses in civilization and enlightenment, the less we are dependent on the influence of the priest; for as civilization advances organization becomes more perfect.
— from The Friars in the Philippines by Ambrose Coleman

"His personal and intellectual career, so far as the limits of the 'Famous Scots' Series permitted, is clearly and entertainingly presented by Mr. Macpherson."— Morning Leader.
— from James Frederick Ferrier by Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane

In pleasant pursuance of this idea, the United Company, by methods that should proceed in comfort and ease and entire absence of worry, such as was foreshadowed by this luxurious dining room and by the personal grandeur of Mr. Wallingford, was to be brought suppliantly to its knees; so, with the utmost cheerfulness, each of these men paid over his subscription.
— from Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford A Cheerful Account of the Rise and Fall of an American Business Buccaneer by George Randolph Chester