The other band is now moveing a fiew miles above to the foot of the first rapid on this river, at which place they take their Salmon.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

To regard this perpetuity as something unimportant and insufficient is an error, arising from the fact that in thinking of the continuity of the species we only think of the future existence of beings similar to ourselves, but in no respect, however, identical with us; and again, starting from knowledge directed towards without, we only grasp the outer form of the species as it presents itself to us, and do not take into consideration its inner nature.
— from Essays of Schopenhauer by Arthur Schopenhauer

" "During those years I have crossed the oceans, but I never forgot my early plan to someday see you.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

" "But that's the very reason," said the orator, "because I never allow myself to speak upon any subject without first making that subject thoroughly my own.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

The original beauty is never so great as that which may be introduced.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

A sufficient impulse there may be on the organ; but it not reaching the observation of the mind, there follows no perception: and though the motion that uses to produce the idea of sound be made in the ear, yet no sound is heard.
— from An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 1 and 2 by John Locke

I replied in our good old English tongue merely to convince him that neither of us could understand the other; but I noticed that when I smiled slightly on concluding, he did likewise.
— from A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

I was fond of reading, yet strange to say, the Bible was the one book I never opened at that time, though I always carried it about with me, and I was never separated from it; in very truth I was keeping that book “for the day and the hour, for the month and the year,” though I knew it not.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Here may we see that our beseeching is not cause of God's goodness; and that shewed He soothfastly in all these sweet words when He saith: I am [the] Ground .—And
— from Revelations of Divine Love by of Norwich Julian

“Yes, he was his heir, and the old boy is nearly eighty—cram full of gout, too.
— from The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

In the case of Gregory the positions thus bought and sold were of very great secular importance, carrying with them much wealth, power, and outward importance, which was not the case in the other; but in neither case were the candidates chosen canonically or for their suitableness to the charge, but from extraneous motives and in spite of the decisions of the Church.
— from The Makers of Modern Rome, in Four Books by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

I consoled myself with the thought that the chances of warfare might provide me with the opportunity, but if not—what then?
— from Grace O'Malley, Princess and Pirate by Robert Machray

The Indian sand-martin is a species especially dear to the ornithologist because it nests in winter, when comparatively few other birds are so occupied.
— from Jungle Folk: Indian Natural History Sketches by Douglas Dewar

It is an extract from the War Diary of the naval war staff of the German Admiralty, dated the 3rd of October 1939, and records the fact that the chief of the naval war staff has called for views on the possibility of taking operational bases in Norway.
— from Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, Volume 5 by Various

Here she lay on her oars, in order to cover the passage of the other boats, if necessary, with her fire.
— from Homeward Bound; Or, the Chase: A Tale of the Sea by James Fenimore Cooper

Their passengers told them their story, and no doubt they were anxious to see the battle for the other boat, if not to take a hand in it.
— from Square and Compasses; Or, Building the House by Oliver Optic

I therefore took leave of my indefatigable preceptor, not forgetting to insert on the tablets of my memory, a promissory note to repay him stripe for stripe with legal interest, as soon as I should find myself qualified to perform the operation; but I need not add that the note (as all such notes usually are) was duly dishonoured; for, when I became capable of appreciating his virtues, I found him a worthy excellent man, and one who meant for the best; but I have lived to see that the schoolmaster of that day was all abroad.
— from Random Shots from a Rifleman by J. (John) Kincaid