sober-mindedness
Example Sentences
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The things which American life and manners preach to her are not patience, sober-mindedness, faithfulness, diligence, and honesty, and eagerness for physical enjoyment.
From Reflections and Comments 1865-1895 by Edwin Lawrence Godkin
The Government, though in the form of a Republic, was in truth a despotism, moderated only by the wisdom, the sober-mindedness, and the magnanimity of the despot.—i.
From Famous Reviews by R. Brimley Johnson
It is a marvel to me how the Athenians came to be persuaded that Socrates fell short of sober-mindedness as touching the gods.
From The Memorabilia by Henry Graham Dakyns
But from his want of sober-mindedness, we cannot always prove his earnestness in the cause he advocated.
From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Isaac Disraeli
Then you would call sober-mindedness a condition of our nature, such as pain, not a matter of reason that can be learnt?
From Cyropaedia: the education of Cyrus by Henry Graham Dakyns
