clear-sighted
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Citation: "Clear-sighted and luminous exponent of the liberal arts; strikingly modest but courageous administrator."
From Time Magazine Archive
Clear-sighted Reason Wisdom's judgment leads, And Sense, her vassal, in her footsteps treads.
From Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham by Denham, John, Sir
Clear-sighted as he was, he could not discern the flame of liberty which burned in Savonarola's soul.
From Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots by Symonds, John Addington
Clear-sighted to his faults and weaknesses, her chivalrous spirit took up arms in defence of his conduct, even against the strictures of her poet-lover.
From Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century by Paston, George
Clear-sighted in society, they are obtuse in politics.
From The Ancient Regime by Durand, John
