I regard my profession in another and a higher light; but if even its practice were the noblest that could engage human faculties, and its rewards the highest that could crown them, I'd quit it tomorrow, were its price to be the sacrifice of an honorable self-esteem and the regard of-of those we care for.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
Still Martin cannot but feel that to the noblest act of his uncle's generosity he is indebted for all he possesses.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
Nor let it be forgotten that these matters were never a far cry from those Basel printing-presses where the greatest master-printers were themselves thorough and eager scholars; "Men of Letters," in the noblest sense of the word.
"Holbein"
Beatrice Fortescue