9. Though we believe that the intentions of Cromwell were at first honest, though we believe that he was driven from the noble course which he had marked out for himself by the almost irresistible course of circumstances, though we admire in common with all men of all parties the ability and energy of his splendid administration, we are not pleading for arbitrary and lawless power even in his hands.—Macaulay.
10. Much would be lost, had Iceland not been burst up from the sea, not been discovered by the Northmen.—Carlyle.
11. Clam and worm might be forever undisturbed so far as he was concerned.—J. T. Fields.
12. If pride of rank was generated in this fraternity of gentlemen, so also was scorn of lies and baseness.—Lord.
13. But I soon found that my lines had fallen in a place where a vegetable growth had to run the gauntlet of as many foes and trials as a Christian pilgrim.—Holmes.
14. The oriole shortens up its nest in proportion as the danger lessens.—Burroughs.
15. Suppose I gave you something to eat, would you listen to me afterward?—Miss Mulock.
16. Lord Mohun alone among historians, so far as my knowledge goes, has done fit and full justice to the French Parliaments.—Higginson.
17. No one is so blind to his own faults as a man who has the habit of detecting the faults of others.—Faber.
18. So high as the tree aspires to grow, so high will it find an atmosphere suited to it.—Thoreau.