farseeing

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Slavery meant robbing the man of every right that Nature gave him; and, as Homer said long ago, "Farseeing Zeus takes away half a man's manhood, when he brings the day of slavery upon him."

From The Jesus of History by Glover, T. R.

Farseeing and clear-headed, Franklin saw that character is a structure which one builds, so he set about this building in a systematic way.

From The Science of Human Nature A Psychology for Beginners by Pyle, William Henry

Farseeing is the soul and wise Who knows the mask is double.

From Custer, and Other Poems. by Wilcox, Ella Wheeler

Farseeing companies have been fair in enforcement of terms and liberal in their dealings, realizing that prosperity must be mutual for the highest success.

From The Tomato by Work, Paul

Farseeing old Count Okuma, once Premier, and one of the empire's Elder Statesmen, seemed to realize this more fully than any other man I have seen.

From Where Half The World Is Waking Up The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions by Poe, Clarence Hamilton