1
This is the first essential element in government, coercion; a necessary but not a noble element.
2
Naturally it can live only in a noble element just as it feels at home only in a lofty mind.
3
This is the better soul of democracy, the noble element in politics, the reformation in the churches, the bond of sympathy with Christ.
4
Noble elements were stirring fitfully within him, but their agencies were crude and undeveloped.
5
Five cases had immediate reconstruction because of exposure of noble elements, 3 showing necrosis of the flap.
6
What influence could the noble elements of the Spanish character have, when theology, avarice, and lust controlled the conquest?
7
"After all, there were noble elements in his character," said he, at length.
8
Nature has for the most part mingled her inferior and noble elements as she mingles sunshine with shade, giving due influence to both.
9
His problem is always to show what are the really noble elements which are eternally valuable in spite of failure to achieve tangible results.
10
"There is a noble element in this one-sided pertinacity," I suggested, "and a wise man might humor and use it for the best ends.