most sagacious
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With this dark prospect in view, the task of decyphering the arrow-headed characters was attempted by M. Grotefend, one of the most sagacious and distinguished philologists of Europe.
From The Progress of Ethnology An Account of Recent Archaeological, Philological and Geographical Researches in Various Parts of the Globe by Bartlett, John Russell
The most sagacious business men had unlimited faith in the destiny of the canal as a prime commercial factor and invested largely in canal stocks.
From The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses by Larrabee, William
This is a tradition among the people and, if it is true, it is characteristic of the most sagacious of men.
From The Strange Story of Harper's Ferry With Legends of the Surrounding Country by Barry, Joseph
In those days it occurred only to the most sagacious minds that with increased facilities commerce would expand.
From The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses by Larrabee, William
The mother, the most sagacious of them all, proposed a general muster of the whole household, which the father undertook to carry into effect personally.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 by Various
