Citations:ignoble
English citations of ignoble
- (English adjective)
- man's noblest tendency, his perseverance, and man's ignoblest, his inertia
- 1843 Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, ch. 2, The Sphinx
- man's noblest tendency, his perseverance, and man's ignoblest, his inertia
- (English adjective)
- "For we recognize that the powers made possible by biomedical science can be used for non-therapeutic or ignoble purposes, serving ends that range from the frivolous and disquieting to the offensive and pernicious."
- Leon R. Kass - Ageless Bodies, Happy Souls: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Perfection[1].
- "For we recognize that the powers made possible by biomedical science can be used for non-therapeutic or ignoble purposes, serving ends that range from the frivolous and disquieting to the offensive and pernicious."