meekness
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Meekness, he said, “enables us to set aside everything that divides and estranges us, and to find ever new ways to advance along the path of unity.”
From Seattle Times • Nov. 1, 2016
Meekness pervaded Villa and they seemed unable to muster a threat as the match ticked towards its conclusion.
From The Guardian • Jan. 25, 2013
Meekness that means the abandonment of right for the sake of peace is a crime.
From Toppleton's Client or, A Spirit in Exile by Bangs, John Kendrick
From the dark heart of man that scorns the light, From Wisdom, found in Meekness through Despair, We bring you Grief.
From The Treason and Death of Benedict Arnold A Play for a Greek Theatre by Chapman, John Jay
Let them exert their Power without respect of Persons, yet with all Humility and Meekness, not out of Malice, or to gratify their Spleen, but for the Love of Truth and Purity.
From Modest Remarks upon the Bishop of London's Letter Concerning the Late Earthquakes by Anonymous
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