noble

• Be it so; but every life is noble which is spent in the path of duty. —  The Story of the Herschels
• He took a sip of coffee and then added, 'The second son of a noble is also a soldier son. —  Hobb, Robin - The Soldier Son 01 - Shaman's Crossing (v2.0)
• Bush said he is still hopeful there will be a ceasefire, which he described as a noble ambition. —  thedaily.com.au: Breaking News
• That's what you call the noble guardians on your side; the other guy's dishonest advocates are "pressure groups." —  CAMERA Snapshots
• NOBLEST JEALOUSY.--The noblest jealousy, if the term noble is appropriate, is a sort of ambition or pride of the loving person who feels it is an insult that another one should assume it as possible to supplant his love, or it is the highest degree of devotion which sees a declaration of its object in the foreign invasion, as it were, of his own altar. —  Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage

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