A hardheadedness, but also a high-mindedness and softheartedness, seems to be at work. From Wordnik.com. [Gen Next and the Culture Wars] Reference
Mumbling self-deprecations to his softheartedness, Dredd motioned for Gregory to follow him into the store. From Wordnik.com. [Fat Tuesday]
As the agency that turns off the water if customers don't pay the bills, the Altoona City Authority doesn't enjoy a reputation for softheartedness. From Wordnik.com. [The Altoona Mirror] Reference
Aulis, to give him his daughter as a sacrifice; but he did not give her, but by his softheartedness ruined the expedition, which ingloriously failed. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Lives, Volume II] Reference
Tamoszius made good wages; and little by little the family were paying back their debt to Marija, so she ought soon to have enough to start life upon -- only, with her preposterous softheartedness, she would insist upon spending a good part of her money every week for things which she saw they needed. From Wordnik.com. [The Jungle] Reference
"Your profession relies upon the forbearance and softheartedness of the public. From Wordnik.com. [The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton] Reference
A thief, with his "Gotts in Himmel" and his "Fräuleins" -- how Jean would laugh at her for her softheartedness!. From Wordnik.com. [The Tin Soldier] Reference
On issues of prohibition (issur), women are believed if they claim to have “fixed” the issue if it falls into their hands to do so, for example, separating hallah and ma’aser (tithe) and removing the prohibited fats and tendons of meat (nikkur), and on issues of slaughtering (Shulhan Arukh Y.D. 127: 3) although some limit that to her slaughtering for someone else rather than for herself or on the status of meat for someone else (Isserles, Y.D. 127: 3) and others claim the exact opposite for various reasons, including fear of her husband, frivolousness and softheartedness (Encyclopedia Talmudit, Isha to 52: 2 notes 414 – 422). From Wordnik.com. [Legal-Religious Status of the Jewish Female.] Reference
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