saneness

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But in packing every other moment with something wild and anchoring it with a pointless arc about Debbie and Rusty’s marriage, “Vacation” has diverged from the simple saneness and sophisticated, of-its-time satire of the first.

From Washington Times • Jul. 27, 2015

But this seriousness of hers was of a new kind, of the kind that bespeaks sobriety and saneness of soul.

From The Price She Paid by Phillips, David Graham

Goethe sympathised with Antonio’s point of view; he had in his nature so much of the spirit of conduct, of saneness, of the common reason of the world.

From Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. by Morley, John

The man's optimism, his grateful personality, his saneness, too—for here is a dreamer neither idle nor morbid—are qualities no less enduring, or endearing, than his fame as "poet-naturalist."

From Letters from an American Farmer by St. John de Crèvecoeur, J. Hector

All his most characteristic utterances, such as: "blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God;" "who loves much shall be forgiven much;" reveal unsurpassed saneness and truth of perception.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville