mental caliber

Example Sentences

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The reporter, therefore, must take into consideration their mental caliber and every possible motive they may have for acting or speaking as they do.

From News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories by Spencer, M. Lyle (Matthew Lyle)

I should like to see you try it, provided you have no better mental caliber to assist you than some of the volunteers have.

From The Chautauqua Girls At Home by Pansy

On the other hand, to one of Amy's mental caliber, would the plain, brutal statement, stripped of ambiguity, be more than a suggestion?

From The Vision of Elijah Berl by Nason, Frank Lewis

"Thank you, no," replied Cowperwood, pleasantly, estimating as he did so his host's temperament and mental caliber.

From The Titan by Dreiser, Theodore

Such chapters enable us to appreciate the mental caliber of our critic, and excuse us from argument with a man incapable of interpreting popular phrases.

From Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity by Patterson, Robert