most diametrical

The separation by continents, by climate, by color, and by institutions is the most diametrical that mankind exhibits anywhere.

You have told us so much about the genius," we began, "about his lonely and wearisome journey through the world, as if nature never exhibited anything but the most diametrical contraries: in one place the stupid, dull masses, acting by instinct, and then, on a far higher and more remote plane, the great contemplating few, destined for the production of immortal works.

They bear a most diametrical contrast to those figments of diseased fancy, that nauseating romance about virgins betrothed and lady love, which in so many instances elbow decency and common sense from the pages of our periodical literature as “unwelcome guests.”

And if this be true, are not the just and the honourable at one time all the same, and at another time in the most diametrical opposition?