Word: acumen
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...expressing to you my warmest admiration of the scene at which I was permitted to assist this morning. The dignity, the solemnity of that performance has made a most profound impression upon my mind. And above all, when I consider the amount of rhetorical ability, of learning, of philosophical acumen, I cannot help saying to myself, if the young America of to-day can produce such evidences of talent what will be the America of the future...
...JUNIOR, possessed of great philosophical acumen, has found an infallible way of excelling in all examinations on Malebranche's philosophy. His answer to every question...