The changes that take place in organic liquids when exposed to the air and the frequent development in such liquids of moving bodies evidently possessed of life constituted, before Pasteur's time, the principal reason for believing that life might originate from some special combination of chemical forces, and without the necessity for preceding life of the same species as its efficient cause.
"Makers of Modern Medicine"
James J. Walsh
The former is deliberate and reflects public opinion, the latter may originate in personal or local feelings, and then be adopted through heedless good nature or skilful log-rolling.
"The Government of England (Vol. I)"
A. Lawrence Lowell
The result is that of the few private members' bills enacted each session only about one sixth originate with the peers.
"The Government of England (Vol. I)"
A. Lawrence Lowell