Let us now inspect the individual democrat; and first, as in the case of the State, we will trace his antecedents.
— from The Republic of Plato by Plato

To this day the primitive Baduwis of Java, who live chiefly by husbandry, will use no iron tools in tilling their fields.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

Such restrictions are not only desirable in the serious time through which our dear Fatherland is passing, but such precautions are urgently necessary in the interests of personal safety.
— from What Germany Thinks Or, The War as Germans see it by Thomas F. A. Smith

The best prayer I can utter now is that it may do as well with my children and grandchildren, with the tenants on these rich farms, and the farm-hands that help till them, and with the owners who find that expensive land is just like expensive clothes:--merely something you must have, and must pay heavily for.
— from Vandemark's Folly by Herbert Quick

Unless numeration is to issue in nonsense, it must be conducted on conditions.
— from An Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent by John Henry Newman

Most of us need, in the interest of mental health or sanity, to moderate our desires.
— from How to Live: Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science by Irving Fisher

Neither does it please our ears with such a pretty twittering, and its enclosed, remote nest, affords us no insight to its family life.
— from Birds useful and birds harmful by Ottó Herman

The material has now become so considerable that circumstances make it impossible to ask pertinent questions, questions which are urgently necessary in the interest of all parties.
— from Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, Volume 6 by Various

The difference between us now is that I have got back to mine,' which cost him his tip, but must have been a satisfaction to him.
— from The Observations of Henry Illustrated by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome