most philosophic

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And yet, as the most philosophic minds can seldom refrain from investigating the infancy of great nations, our curiosity consumes itself in toilsome and disappointed efforts.

From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 by Milman, Henry Hart

The vituperative eloquence showered upon Mr. Ferret by the Major's lady was, I afterwards heard, extremely copious and varied, and was borne by him, as I could easily believe, with the most philosophic composure.

From The Experiences of a Barrister, and Confessions of an Attorney by Warren, Samuel

Big Jack Skinner, the oldest and most philosophic of the party—a lean, sandy-haired giant—sat in a rocking chair he had contrived from a barrel and stared into the fire with a sullen composure.

From The Huntress by Footner, Hulbert

He was the most philosophic statesman of his time in America.

From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Emerson, Edwin

Though Gershom would have scorned philosophy had he ever heard of it, he was well grounded in that practical knowledge of human perversity from which all philosophers and most philosophic systems have sprung.

From One Man in His Time by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson