Thus religious zeal is perpetually stimulated in the United States by the duties of patriotism.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

The nation, as a whole, owes to the active benevolence of its women, and their zeal in promoting social reforms, benefits which the customs of continental Europe would scarcely have permitted women to confer….
— from Deaconesses in Europe and their Lessons for America by Jane M. (Jane Marie) Bancroft

Its power is not at the zenith in primitive society, but much later, when there are men in command of great wealth who feel insecure, and turn for confidence to diviners and thaumaturgists, whom they bribe heavily to give what they most desire.
— from The Origin of Man and of His Superstitions by Carveth Read

[102] Vel si Zwinglius ipse prædicaturus sit.—(Corp.
— from History of the Great Reformation, Volume 4 by J. H. (Jean Henri) Merle d'Aubigné

Of the remaining volcanic regions of the Pacific, the New Zealand islands present some of the most striking examples of activity.
— from The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire by Charles Morris

[103] The Zaparos in physiognomy somewhat resemble the Chinese, having a middle stature, round face, small eyes set angularly, and a broad, flat nose.
— from The Andes and the Amazon; Or, Across the Continent of South America by James Orton

Absurdity of interfering with trifles Admired him more for what he had the fortitude not to do Animated by an unlucky zeal Ideologues Put some gold lace on the coats of my virtuous republicans Trifles honoured with too much attention Were made friends of lest they should become enemies Would enact the more in proportion as we yield End of this Project Gutenberg Etext of The Memoirs of Napoleon—1803, v6 by Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
— from Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Volume 06 by Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne