Any rise in the average price of necessaries, unless it be compensated by a proportionable rise in the wages of labour, must necessarily diminish, more or less, the ability of the poor to bring up numerous families, and, consequently, to supply the demand for useful labour; whatever may be the state of that demand, whether increasing, stationary, or declining; or such as requires an increasing, stationary, or declining population.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

Now, modern science tell us that such changes are accompanied with manifestations of energy in some form or other, most frequently in that of heat, and we must look, therefore, upon nitrogenous food as contributing to the energy of the body in addition to its other functions.
— from Scientific American Supplement, No. 360, November 25, 1882 by Various

If he waited until night for a chance to sneak into camp, the wandering redskins would be pretty apt to surprise him in the darkness, and there would be small chance indeed of escaping with his hair.
— from Overland: A Novel by John William De Forest

Henceforth the elements go new ways, form new compounds, build up new forms, and change the face of [Pg 129] nature.
— from The Breath of Life by John Burroughs

She understood now for a certainty that though Martin had fallen and could never be forgiven by the critical world which had condemned him, yet in reality he was superior to his critics.
— from If Any Man Sin by H. A. (Hiram Alfred) Cody