The repetition of religious duties, without the feeling or spirit of religion, produces an incurable callosity of heart.

That which applies to calcificating coral-line, might also apply to sceleractinian corals.

a place within the bills of mortality of London

There are strong indications that the original Black Dutch were swarthy-complexioned Germans... The term was adopted [by some] as an attempt to disguise Indian or infrequently, tri-racial descent.