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Observations are condemned as treacherous and abusive, merely because those who would employ them want the Sagacity which is requisite to understand them clearly.
The Shepherd of Banbury's Rules to Judge of the Changes of the Weather, Grounded on Forty Years' Experience John Claridge
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Yes, Sagacity, they apparently do have a death wish.
Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Congressional Dems Willing To "Compromise" On Iraq 2009
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Sagacity, it was a childish maneuver - one appropriate for a shock-jock on AM radio, not a political group that is trying to become a serious player in national politics.
Reso Condemning MoveOn Passes Overwhelmingly, With Lots Of Dems 2009
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But rereading the poem with this in mind, I recalled these lines from Emily Dickinson: βAnd through a Riddle, at the last β /Sagacity, must go.β
Chris Hutchinson on Jeramy Dodds Lemon Hound 2009
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Yes, Sagacity, they apparently do have a death wish.
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Consider Mrs. Clinton's prospective Opponents: A Gentleman of good Fortune & Family, but insipid and uninspiring Mien; a half-pay Officer gone into Politicks, who, despite his heroick Past, has anger'd Half his Party; and a former Lord Mayor, who would play Dick Whittington, had he either the Sagacity of the Original, or the Cat of the Character.
"Shame on you," says Bill Clinton, if you're worried the Hillary campaign is exploiting race. Ann Althouse 2008
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Consider Mrs. Clinton's prospective Opponents: A Gentleman of good Fortune & Family, but insipid and uninspiring Mien; a half-pay Officer gone into Politicks, who, despite his heroick Past, has anger'd Half his Party; and a former Lord Mayor, who would play Dick Whittington, had he either the Sagacity of the Original, or the Cat of the Character.
"Shame on you," says Bill Clinton, if you're worried the Hillary campaign is exploiting race. Ann Althouse 2008
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Madagaskar is the most Singular and Interesting Isle, and I count myself most fortunate to have been so kindly received here - which is due entirely to the Sagacity and Energy of my darling H., who somehow contrived most cleverly to slip ashore from Don S. 's ship and make arrangements for our Enlargement and reception.
Flashman's Lady Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1977
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Sin, Death, &c., out of his own creative Imagination and has adjusted, with great Sagacity, every [illegible] Action and Event in his whole
John Adams diary, June 1753 - April 1754, September 1758 - January 1759 1966
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Perhaps many hundreds, in the English Nation, have employed the sameAttention, Industry, and Sagacity in discovering the Properties of Animalcules that Escape the natural sight, as Sir Isaac
John Adams diary, June 1753 - April 1754, September 1758 - January 1759 1966
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