Mr. Roscoe sat down in a luxurious armchair, and, drawing pen and paper toward him, wrote first to Dr. radix.
"Hector's Inheritance or The Boys of Smith Institute"
Horatio Alger
Among the friars who went about preaching homilies on the people's favourite vices some humorous rogues may, like the "Pardoner" of the "Canterbury Tales," have made a point of treating their own favourite vice as their one and unchangeable text:- My theme is always one, and ever was: radix malorum est cupiditas.
"Chaucer"
Adolphus William Ward
Only it is manifest that the Shakers, who discard the radix of old society with the greatest vehemence, and are most jealous for Communism as the prime unit of organization, have prospered most, and are making the longest and strongest mark on the history of Socialism.
"History of American Socialisms"
John Humphrey Noyes