humbleness

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"Humbleness is in order; there is no excuse for scientific conceit here."

From Salon • Aug. 12, 2022

Humbleness is in order; there is no excuse for scientific conceit here.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Humbleness, despair, and even death, sat upon her very countenance; hope had fled her, left her a wreck for whom man had no pity.

From Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter by Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)

Courage and Humbleness have kissed each other, and the man steers between, safe in their companionship whatever seas may roar.

From Despair's Last Journey by Murray, David Christie

Still thou speakest with thy children Freely as in eld sublime; Humbleness, and love, and patience, Still give empire over time.

From Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole by Lowell, James Russell