“By then, my shoes were partially worn out but still rather comfortable.”

“First, allow me to introduce myself.”

“It was one way to emphasize that it was the beginning phase of a historical period.”

“They would often accuse me of being closed-minded, which was about the worst insult anyone could have thrown at me.”

“Most forms are somewhat thick-walled and are generally finished simply, even cursorily, with few extraneous details or surface treatments.”

“Various combinations or alloys of the two classes of motives are indicated as vectors coming out from the central point of origin in different directions.”