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
Yet it is astonishing how soon, after the first rush was over, the camp would settle down into a state of comparative order and peaceableness.
From A Boy's Voyage Round the World by Samuel Smiles
It is common in the leader of a multitude to profess peaceableness, but very unusual for the multitude itself to persevere in doing so.
From Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity by John Henry Newman
Lincoln's reply shows that his habitual peaceableness involved no lack of dignity; he said.
From Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01 by John George Nicolay
The fact is that the world was not ready for the utter peaceableness of the Gospel, and it had to be accommodated to the violence of the world.
From Where No Fear Was by Arthur Christopher Benson
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