sensibilities

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It was the visage of a conqueror—of a man gathering within himself, to expend upon his fellows, the appetites, energies, insensibilities, audacities of a beast of prey.

From The Market-Place by Frederic, Harold

Living in the open air and on the ground, the lop-sided beam of the balance slowly rises to the level line; and the over-sensibilities and insensibilities even themselves out.

From Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals by James, William