Search men's governing principles, and consider the wise, what they shun and what they cleave to.
To function efficiently, any group of people or employees must have faith in their leader.
The object of all the former voyages to the South Seas undertaken by the command of his present majesty, has been the advancement of science and the increase of knowledge.
The Cape Town is considerably increased within the last eight years. Its respectability with regard to strength has kept pace with its other enlargements and rendered it very secure against any attempt which is not made with considerable force.
There is a degree of wretchedness and want among the lower class of people which is not anywhere so common as among the Spanish and Portuguese settlements.
Beef also was difficult to be procured and exceedingly poor; the price nearly sixpence farthing per pound.
On the night of the 1st of September we observed for the first time signs of the natives being in the neighbourhood. Fires were seen on the low land near Cape Frederick Henry, and at daylight we saw the natives with our glasses.
It now seems plain to me that that theory ought to be vacated in favor of a new and truer one. . . the Descent of Man from the Higher Animals.
The delicate thing about the university is that it has a mixed character, that it is suspended between its position in the eternal world, with all its corruption and evils and cruelties, and the splendid world of our imagination.
When I was young I used to read about the decline of Western civilization, and I decided it was something I would like to make a contribution to.
The devil's most devilish when respectable.