juste milieu
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His Gymnase repertory is of the Left Centre, the juste milieu, nearer the National Guard than the royal guard.
From The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X by Arthur Léon, baron Imbert de Saint-Amand
And the mode of thinking thus designated is already manifesting its importance by one of the most unequivocal signs, the appearance of thinkers who attempt a compromise or juste milieu between it and its opposite.
From Auguste Comte and Positivism by John Stuart Mill
He strives after a "juste milieu" between the too violent partisanship of Maracci and Prideaux and the ridiculous acclamations of de Boulainvilliers.
From Mohammedanism Lectures on Its Origin, Its Religious and Political Growth, and Its Present State by C. Snouck Hurgronje
The state of things called for decision, and knowing the condition of affairs in the Carrousel, I preferred siding with the juste milieu, for once in my life.
From A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland by James Fenimore Cooper
Last year a noble address was delivered by R. W. Emerson, in which he broadly showed the juste milieu views upon this subject in the holy light of a high ideal day.
From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Margaret Fuller
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