To them, liberty, the desire for which caused them to brave the greatest dangers, was simply the right of doing evil--of obeying their ardent thirst for plunder.
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

In them Ruth saw the rage of David Eden, and she was sickened by what she saw.
— from The Garden of Eden by Max Brand

Man is not simply the recipient of divine energy.
— from Christianity and Ethics: A Handbook of Christian Ethics by Archibald B. D. (Archibald Browning Drysdale) Alexander

"But, was I right in shifting the responsibility on Dr. Ellis?"
— from A Singular Metamorphosis by May Evelyn Skiles

The men holding these positions for the first time had a heavy responsibility in deciding specifically the range of duties each position should include and in properly carrying out these duties.
— from Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia by Dorothy Margaret Torpey

On September 11th, Eberhard & Koll opened the Lafayette Hotel on Main Street, on the site opposite the Bella Union where once had stood the residence of Don Eulógio de Celis.
— from Sixty Years in Southern California, 1853-1913 Containing the Reminiscences of Harris Newmark by Harris Newmark

Table III shows the results of drying experiments on soya oils containing different percentages of lead and manganese driers.
— from Paint Technology and Tests by Henry A. (Henry Alfred) Gardner

It is true, he admits, on geological evidence still in dispute, that man may have existed in Europe before that time, and he also admits, on historical, not geological evidence, the existence of “Neolithic” man in Asia, “at an earlier date than 4,000 B.C. ” Still the repudiation, by so good an authority, of the exaggerated antiquity which it has been the fashion, since the rise of Darwinian evolution, to assign to man, contrary to the geological evidence, is a satisfactory indication of a return to more rational views; and when geologists get rid of the 248 fiction of a continental ice-sheet, still farther progress in this direction may be expected.
— from The Chain of Life in Geological Time A Sketch of the Origin and Succession of Animals and Plants by Dawson, John William, Sir

From the Gulf of Carpentaria we came, in search of Burke's party, without difficulty, to Gregory's route from Queensland to South Australia, to a point within 280 miles of the point marked first depot on Burke's route on the map which shows the routes of different explorers.
— from Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills by William Landsborough