X Upon every accident, remember to turn toward yourself and inquire what faculty you have for its use.
— from The Enchiridion by Epictetus

[Pg 136] CHAPTER XVI UNCLE EZRA AS A SAILOR Two days after the Albatross left Savannah harbor, another small steam vessel made her way in.
— from Dick Hamilton's Steam Yacht; Or, A Young Millionaire and the Kidnappers by Howard Roger Garis

CHAPTER XIX UNCLE EZRA'S ACCIDENT
— from Dick Hamilton's Airship; Or, A Young Millionaire in the Clouds by Howard Roger Garis

{xiii} Universal experience was not merely flouted by the uninstructed.
— from The Fruits of Victory A Sequel to The Great Illusion by Norman Angell

XIX UNCLE EZRA'S ACCIDENT XX IN NEW YORK XXI OFF FOR THE PACIFIC XXII UNCLE EZRA STARTS OFF XXIII AN IMPROMPTU RACE XXIV GRIT'S GRIP XXV A FORCED LANDING XXVI ON LACK MICHIGAN XXVII A HOWLING GALE XXVIII ABLAZE IN THE CLOUDS XXIX THE RIVAL AIRSHIP XXX AN ATTACK XXXI THE WRECK XXXII SAVING UNCLE EZRA XXXIII WITH UNCLE EZRA'S HELP CHAPTER I THE FALLING BIPLANE
— from Dick Hamilton's Airship; Or, A Young Millionaire in the Clouds by Howard Roger Garis

[235] CHAPTER XXVIII UNCLE EZRA AT KENTFIELD
— from Dick Hamilton's Cadet Days; Or, The Handicap of a Millionaire's Son by Howard Roger Garis

CHAPTER XVIII UNCLE EZRA FLIES "Well, Mr. Larabee, we are almost ready for a flight.
— from Dick Hamilton's Airship; Or, A Young Millionaire in the Clouds by Howard Roger Garis

Why?" "Because," replied Torry, looking steadily at her, "Julia Brawn has been murdered." CHAPTER XI UNEXPECTED EVIDENCE
— from The Red-headed Man by Fergus Hume

I have seen all that had been done by the mighty yearnings of the spirit and intellect of men, ‘of whom the world was not worthy,’ and that promised a proud opening to truth and good through the vista of future years, undone by one man, with just glimmering of [Pg xxx] understanding enough to feel that he was a king, but not to comprehend how he could be king of a free people!
— from Hazlitt on English Literature: An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature by William Hazlitt