obstinacy
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Eleven men of Minneapolis went to their homes last week to tell great tales of Woman's Obstinacy.
From Time Magazine Archive
But how could she succeed when against her were arrayed triumphant Obstinacy, personified by Queen Victoria, and triumphant Cynicism in the person of Alexandra's own husband, later Edward VII?
From Time Magazine Archive
Obstinacy rather than brilliance had enabled him to discover insulin.
From Time Magazine Archive
Obstinacy is merely uneducated firmness, and the worst forms of barbarous superstition are but the outcome of uneducated reverence.
From The Education of American Girls by Brackett, Anna C. (Anna Callender)
Obstinacy of great men against the public, 137-8.
From A Joy For Ever (And Its Price in the Market) by Ruskin, John
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