"Moderate" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... inclusion among the things of heaven and all truth. And this is why Christ has said: "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." This is the vision in which consists our eternal joy, and all our reward, and our entrance into bliss. This is why a man will be sober and moderate in everything, and will keep himself from every occasion which might tarnish the purity ...
— Light, Life, and Love • W. R. Inge
... was nothing visible but a few footprints in a muddy spot, and a hole of very moderate size, evidently going some distance down into the moist, ...
— Mass' George - A Boy's Adventures in the Old Savannah • George Manville Fenn
... labours are carried on. As I walked across it to-day, passing through the busy groups, chiefly of women, that covered it, I came opposite to one of the drivers, who held in his hand his whip, the odious insignia of his office. I took it from him; it was a short stick of moderate size, with a thick square leather thong attached to it. As I held it in my hand, I did not utter a word; but I conclude, as is often the case, my face spoke what my tongue did not, for the driver said, 'Oh! ...
— Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation - 1838-1839 • Frances Anne Kemble
... the cuticle is exposed to moderate and repeated friction, it becomes thicker and tougher, as may be seen in the cuticle of the lady's finger that plies the needle and in the hard or callous appearance of the hands of farmers masons, and other mechanics. This enables them to handle the utensils and materials used ...
— A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) • Calvin Cutter
... that which assured to him his Reserve, is that of transit at half-fare grates on the different railroads. This is a right which he neither despises, nor, in any way, affects to despise, since it meets, and is suited to, his common condition of slender and straitened means. The moderate charge permits him to avail frequently of the privilege at seasons (which comprehend, in truth, the greater portion of the year) when the roads are almost unfit for travel, the Indian, as a rule, going in for economy in locomotive exercise (so ...
— A Treatise on the Six-Nation Indians • James Bovell Mackenzie
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