equipoise

• But praise would lack the force of moderation and equipoise, if allusion were not made to some of its defects. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Gibbon, by James Cotter Morison
• Nor is the mere expenditure of men's diabolic rages, in mutual clash as of opposite electricities, with reduction to equipoise, and restoration of zero and repose again after seven years, the one or the principal result arrived at. —  History of Friedrich II of Prussia
• With a self-control and equipoise which were never disturbed under the most trying circumstances, and a graciousness of manner which broke down all barriers, giving to the humblest as well as to the highest the assurance of his friendly consideration, and a mind well disciplined by education in the highest schools, it was impossible that he could have been other than a man of mark and influence in his State. —  Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of William H. F. Lee
• In this state of equipoise, the McCain campaign can remain essentially passive as it has since the Wall Street problem began or it can move over to offense. —  Latest Articles
• The weighty authority, however, of Sainte-Beuve, at first thrown into the scale that at length would sink, was thence withdrawn, and at last, if not resolutely cast upon the opposite side of the balance, was left wavering in a kind of equipoise between the one and the other. —  Classic French Course in English

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