This of course is not one nor the same to all: for instance, suppose ten is too much and two too little, people take six for the absolute mean; because it exceeds the smaller sum by exactly as much as it is itself exceeded by the larger, and this mean is according to arithmetical proportion.
— from The Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle

—What signification can we find in the fact that our culture is not only indulgent to the manifestations of grief, such as tears, complaints, reproaches, and attitudes of rage and humility, but even approves them and reckons them among the most noble and essential things?—while, on the other hand, the spirit of ancient philosophy looked down upon them with contempt, without admitting their necessity in any way.
— from The Dawn of Day by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

This likeness explains also why the hierarchy of beings in the Otherworld concerns itself not only with the affairs of the Otherworld, but with those of this world as well.
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner

The Skidi traditions, though such testimony, of course, is not of much value, speak rather contemptuously of the prowess of the other bands in war, and the superiority of the Skidi is grudgingly acknowledged by the others.
— from Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales With notes on the origin, customs and character of the Pawnee people by George Bird Grinnell

The Boer type of countenance is not often handsome; frequently it is flat and expressionless, lustreless grey eyes with small pupils, and hair growing back from chin and lip.
— from The African Colony: Studies in the Reconstruction by John Buchan

Iraq's leaders know that our commitment is not open-ended.
— from State of the Union Addresses by George W. (George Walker) Bush

This, of course, includes not only the resistance of the balloon itself, but also that of the cordage, the car, the engine, and the men.
— from Artificial and Natural Flight by Hiram S. (Hiram Stevens) Maxim

More, it is equally gratifying to report that our country is not only free from every impending, menace of war, but there are growing assurances of the permanency of the peace which we so deeply cherish.
— from State of the Union Addresses (1790-2006) by United States. Presidents

These cannot always be [Pg 187] regulated with exactness; and hence, much of this type of cheese is not of first quality, and must be sold for a low price.
— from Outlines of dairy bacteriology, 10th edition A concise manual for the use of students in dairying by E. G. (Edwin George) Hastings

Such a person contributes something of his own; for he attends to what is said to him; but here there is nothing of the kind: even that little, which is nothing more than the bare act of listening, which is granted to it in the other case, is now out of its power.
— from The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus, of the Order of Our Lady of Carmel by Teresa, of Avila, Saint

I have used the word apprehension , and not understanding , because the latter word is of uncertain meaning, standing sometimes for the faculty or act of conceiving a proposition, sometimes for that of comprehending it, neither of which come into the sense of apprehension .
— from An Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent by John Henry Newman

A large proportion of his names come to him from college presidents who know of students in their own colleges in need of such a helping hand.
— from Getting at the Inner Man, and, Fifty Years on the Lecture Platform by Robert Shackleton

They also form a certain proportion of their oblique cases in -n , or an equivalent to -n —Nom. augô , gen
— from The English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham