moderateness

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The moderateness of Robinson's position, and the brotherly kindness of his temper, could not save him and his people from the prevailing odium that rested upon the Separatist.

From A History of American Christianity by Bacon, Leonard Woolsey

I am the Tsar—not you, And I am only piqued in moderateness.

From The Dynasts by Hardy, Thomas

The moderateness of Rupert's words, the coolness of his manner, here brought Tanty rapidly down from her pinnacle of passion.

From The Light of Scarthey by Castle, Egerton

That moderateness of temper and that attitude of toleration which characterized the leading men in England had shown themselves at Cambridge, and with a strength that could not be overcome.

From Unitarianism in America by Cooke, George Willis

He spoke of himself as a common noble, and spoke emphatically of the moderateness of his station, perhaps so that others might contradict him, and perhaps so that they might not notice his medium wit.

From The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk