sagacity

• To these fellow-beings of the wilds their untutored sagacity is their best dependence. —  The Confidence-Man
• No doubt the tremendous run of the day before could scarcely be called kindness, but without this subduing run he never could have brought the offices of kindness to bear on so wild a steed During all these operations Crusoe sat looking on with demure sagacity-- drinking in wisdom and taking notes. —  The Dog Crusoe and his Master
• Poker's audacity had at last outstripped his sagacity, and the next moment he was performing a tremendous somersault. —  The World of Ice
• Stanley's tent was erected with its back towards the mountains and its open door towards the fire, which lighted up its snug interior, and revealed Mrs Stanley and Edith immersed in culinary operations, and Chimo watching them with a look of deep, grave sagacity--his ears very erect, and his head a good deal inclined to one side, as if that position favoured the peculiar train of his cogitations. —  Ungava
• You are suffering from the keen air of the mountains, and you will quickly recover when we begin to descend to lower ground Even his sagacity was at fault, and we soon found that we had wandered from the right path. —  Manco, the Peruvian Chief An Englishman's Adventures in the Country of the Incas

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