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It was Mr. Washburn's well-pondered opinion that: "The irregular armies of Austria can mobilize more rapidly, with a superior armament and a greater striking power than is possessed by the lawful forces of the Republic."

From Time Magazine Archive

He also unveiled a well-pondered plan to cushion Canada against U.S. price rises.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is very easy to say that in such and such circumstances a man should do this and that well-pondered thing, but the courts of logic have as yet the most circumscribed jurisdiction.

From Here are Ladies by Stephens, James

He nodded, and took upon himself an air of well-pondered frankness.

From Success A Novel by Adams, Samuel Hopkins

But this well-pondered carefulness was no mere mental sapience.

From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Beardslee, Clark S.