In Bologna, the ancient and stately, almost alone among the continental Universities, survive a few relics of the old collegiate system—the College of Spain, harbouring some five or six students, and a little house founded for Flemings in 1650: and in Bologna the system never attained to real importance.
— from On the Art of Writing Lectures delivered in the University of Cambridge 1913-1914 by Arthur Quiller-Couch

James F. Dobbins Director, International Security and Defense Policy Center, RAND Corporation Hillel Fradkin Director, Center for Islam, Democracy and the Future of the Muslim World, Hudson Institute Chas W. Freeman Chairman, Projects International and President, Middle East Policy Council Geoffrey Kemp Director, Regional Strategic Programs, The Nixon Center Daniel C. Kurtzer S. Daniel Abraham Visiting Professor, Middle East Policy Studies, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University Ellen Laipson President and CEO, The Henry L. Stimson Center William B. Quandt Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs, University of Virginia, and Nonresident Senior Fellow, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, The Brookings Institution Shibley Telhami Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development, Department of Government & Politics, University of Maryland, and Nonresident Senior Fellow, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, The Brookings Institution Wayne White Adjunct Scholar, Public Policy Center, Middle East Institute Military Senior Advisor Panel Admiral James O. Ellis, Jr. United States Navy, Retired General John M. Keane United States Army, Retired General Edward C. Meyer United States Army, Retired General Joseph W. Ralston United States Air Force, Retired Lieutenant General Roger C. Schultz, Sr. United States Army, Retired The Iraq Study Group James A. Baker, III—Co-Chair James A. Baker, III, has served in senior government positions under three United States presidents.
— from The Iraq Study Group Report by Iraq Study Group (U.S.)

His bold manner in uncovering sin and false religion occasioned considerable opposition from various sectarian sources.
— from Birth of a Reformation; Or, The Life and Labors of Daniel S. Warner by A. L. (Andrew L.) Byers

O beloved reader, let us deeply ponder these things; let us really apply our whole hearts to the earnest consideration of them; let us seek a fuller realization and a truer expression of these two great branches of practical Christianity, and not be satisfied with any thing less.
— from Notes on the Book of Deuteronomy, Volume II by Charles Henry Mackintosh

Since the opening of the country, kerosene has come into general use, immense quantities being imported from the United States and from Russia.
— from The Gist of Japan: The Islands, Their People, and Missions by R. B. (Rufus Benton) Peery

But your mind was fixed upon saving Asturia from Russia, and you refused.
— from The Weight of the Crown by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White