It was useless to prolong the discussion: everybody knew the melancholy fate of the few gentlemen who had risked their clean linen in municipal or state politics in New York.
— from The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

The second part of White's strategical plan is now accomplished.
— from Chess Fundamentals by José Raúl Capablanca

Whereas the great mass and body of the Filipino people have, during said period of two years, continued to be law-abiding, peaceful, and loyal to the United States, and have continued to recognize and do now recognize the authority and sovereignty of the United States in the territory of said Philippine Islands: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Philippine Commission in formal session duly assembled, That it, said Philippine Commission, do certify, and it does hereby certify , to the President of the United States that for a period of two years after the completion and publication of the census a condition of general and complete peace, with recognition of the authority of the United States, has continued to exist and now exists in the territory of said Philippine Islands not inhabited by Moros or other non-Christian tribes; and be it further Resolved by said Philippine Commission, That the President of the United States be requested, and is hereby requested, to direct said Phil
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

A government so perfect is not suitable for men.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

If they please thee and the other sages, publish; if not, suppress them.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

"Sir Philip is not a man whom I would ever marry."
— from A True Friend: A Novel by Adeline Sergeant

While the trains were being made up on the Port Costa side passengers in need of liquid sustenance paid visits to the saloons.
— from Old Man Curry: Race Track Stories by Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan

Whether, then, we pray to God with our voice—at times when such prayer is necessary—or whether we pray in silence, it is our heart that must send forth the cry.
— from On Prayer and The Contemplative Life by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

Nay, such progress is not only deprived of the rewards and beneficence of individuals, but even of popular praise; for it is above the reach of the generality, and easily overwhelmed and extinguished by the winds of common opinions.
— from Novum Organum; Or, True Suggestions for the Interpretation of Nature by Francis Bacon

But the relation between the sensitiveness to contact of the cotyledons and of the leaves of the same plant is not very close, as may be inferred from the cotyledons of Mimosa pudica being only slightly sensitive, whilst the leaves are well known to be so in the highest degree.
— from The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Francis, Sir

The whole trouble is to understand correctly that other mystery: that of the real fact, so abstruse and transcendental at first sight, about the “Seven Principles” in man, the reflections in man of the seven powers in Nature, physically, and of the seven Hierarchies of Being, intellectually and spiritually.
— from The Secret Doctrine, Vol. 3 of 4 by H. P. (Helena Petrovna) Blavatsky

"Sir Percy is not a man to yield to threats," replied Sir Percy's wife.
— from The Whirl: A Romance of Washington Society by Foxcroft Davis

That the object of emigration is not yet fully attained may be inferred from the fact that it still continues on so large a scale; that it must ultimately dwindle to much smaller proportions, if not cease utterly, is pretty certain.
— from The Irish Race in the Past and the Present by Augustus J. Thébaud

The monarch has the power of making war when he thinks it advisable, and, even if he be a sacrilegious 348 king, a Christian may fight under him, provided that what is enjoined upon the soldier personally is not contrary to the precept of God.
— from The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edward Westermarck