aptness

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Dryden says, "Aptness to unite; conformity; affinity; harmony and correspondence are the signs of friendship."

From Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro by Culp, Daniel Wallace

There are also several who study nothing but the Defects, and are endow'd with a marvelous Aptness to learn them all, having so happy a Memory as never to forget them.

From Observations on the Florid Song or Sentiments on the Ancient and Modern Singers by Galliard, John Ernest

Which shews the exceeding Aptness and Usefulness of a good Irony; that can convey an Instruction to a vicious, evil, and tyrannical Prince, highly reflecting on his Conduct, without drawing on his Resentment.

From A Discourse Concerning Ridicule and Irony in Writing (1729) by Collins, Anthony

Aptness, clearness, and again, simplicity, are the notes of his diction.

From Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865 by Lincoln, Abraham

Aptness to teach was the prominent trait in his ministerial character, and in a land of strangers, he was esteemed, reverenced, and lamented.

From History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume I. by Anderson, Rufus