"Preservation" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... commends this ingenious poem, written in seven languages—English, French, German, Greek, Latin, Spanish, and Italian—as one of the best specimens of Macaronic verse in existence, and worthy of preservation by all collectors. ...
— A Handbook for Latin Clubs • Various
... "And now," said he "white men, all I ask is your forgiveness." "That you shall have most heartily," said the travellers, shaking hands with him cordially; and they internally returned thanks to God for this signal preservation. ...
— Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa • Mungo Park
... confusion which ensued on her being withdrawn, to say the least of it, must have prevented the full effect that the prompt co-operation of the two boats, according to Captain Cook's orders, must have had, towards the preservation of himself and his people.[15] At that time, it was to the boats alone that Captain Cook had to look for his safety; for, when the marines had fired, the Indians rushed among them, and forced them into the water, where four of them were killed: their ...
— Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, • A. Kippis
... inception to eradicate the sexual instinct and in so doing has antagonized an instinct that is as fundamental as that of self-preservation. All it has accomplished is a distortion. The church, by claiming that it alone was privileged to regulate sexual desires, has done one of two things to each of its adherents. It has either made him a hypocrite or driven him insane. Much of the insanity in this country could be overcome ...
— The Necessity of Atheism • Dr. D.M. Brooks
... should be choked to death; and the instinct of self-preservation took possession of me. I sprang at the throat of my old tyrant. He went down upon the floor, and I on the top of him, before my father or any other person could come to my aid. As he went down he released his grasp on my throat in his effort ...
— Up the River - or, Yachting on the Mississippi • Oliver Optic
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