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Meanings of higher motive in inglés

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Usage of higher motive in inglés
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It risks falsely dignifying these deplorable acts with an undeserved varnish of higher motive.
The Guardian
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No higher motive than a passing fancy had stirred him.
The Sheik: A Novel
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Now, however, I am working with a far higher motive.
Under Sealed Orders
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True criticism, for its own sake, if prompted by no higher motive, deals justly.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 / A Magaz...
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We have a higher motive for repentance in 'the goodness of God' leading to it.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. Luke
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A still higher motive might also have restrained him.
Ronald Morton; or, the Fire Ships: A Story of the Last Naval War
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Teach your children to perform their duties from a higher motive than the hope of praise.
The Wedding Guest: A Friend of the Bride and Bridegroom
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But there is a higher motive than even it, and Christ reveals it to us here.
Joy in Service; Forgetting, and Pressing Onward; Until the Day D...
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But it arises also from a higher motive-
The History of Roman Literature / From the Earliest Period to th...
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Now, dear brethren, we, as Christians, have a far higher motive for service than the seraphs had.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Isaiah and Jeremiah
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They had a higher motive also.
Exiled for the Faith: A Tale of the Huguenot Persecution
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Prudence, therefore, if no higher motive, required that the Livingstons be not overlooked in the division of federal patronage.
A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3
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There is no higher motive.
The Guardian
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Now I realize it will require a higher motive to influence you; not love of life, but love of country.
My Lady of Doubt
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But I have a still higher motive for wishing this affair to be kept quiet-yourdaughter's welfare and fair name.
Eveline Mandeville / Or, The Horse Thief Rival
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You will, I hope, be actuated by a higher motive; that is, to put your trust in God's love and mercy.
Twice Lost
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