It is undeniable that the traditional episode of the Sicilian Vespers, preceded by a vast conspiracy, inoculated in the vivid imaginations of the Italians a taste for conspiracies; […] .

The flatt'ring ivy who did ever see / Inclasp'd the huge trunke of an aged tree.

We have said in the Ethics what the difference is between art and science and the other kindred faculties;

In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.