sincere

• No Mirabeau, Napoleon, Burns, Cromwell, no man adequate to do anything, but is first of all in right earnest about it; what I call a sincere man. —  Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History
• "I have always looked upon that sort of brutal intolerance as a form of religious mania--sincere, but still mania, and the story of it is the most awful chapter in human history Except, perhaps, the story of war," interrupted Professor Marmion, with a snap in his voice. —  The Mummy and Miss Nitocris A Phantasy of the Fourth Dimension
• In the fact that this passionate appeal should be only half-sincere, or, if sincere, then only for the moment, that to her who hears it, it should seem wholly insincere, lies the intensity of the situation The character of the woman is less complex but not less consistent and convincing. —  An Introduction to the Study of Browning
• Carlyle was right: "No Mirabeau, Napoleon, Burns, Cromwell, no man adequate to do anything, but is first of all in right earnest about it; what I call a sincere man. —  The Art of Public Speaking
• He has not asked them to believe that what he says is true; he asks only that they shall believe that he is sincere, sincere in what he says, sincere, above all, when he implores that they should listen to the undertone. —  Aspects of Literature

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