peaceableness

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Because of its mountain beauty and the diversity, industry and peaceableness of its 8,500,000 inhabitants, Ceylon has been called the Switzerland of the East.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lincoln's reply shows that his habitual peaceableness involved no lack of dignity; he said.

From Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01 by Nicolay, John George

Their regard for our personal welfare and safety too much absorbs the zeal they should possess for the maintenance of the principle of the peaceableness of our Master's kingdom.

From The Record of a Quaker Conscience, Cyrus Pringle's Diary With an Introduction by Rufus M. Jones by Jones, Rufus Matthew

Notwithstanding all the interest which the honesty, peaceableness, and innocent friendliness of the Polar tribes have for us, it is my belief that the answer must be—decadence.

From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Leslie, Alexander, fl. 1879-1882

Poverty of spirit, humility, meekness, mercifulness, and peaceableness are indeed the marks of Christ's teaching.

From Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics by Alexander, Archibald B. C.