Word: loftier
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...middle-of-the-roader, Lecomte de Noüy, who was a brilliant scientist, adduced scientific proof that human life cannot have begun spontaneously, that there must be a Supreme Being. Since this evidence points to His being our Maker, why not attribute to Him capability for a loftier point of view than any of those possessed by man? Is it possible that He created him to love, and that the knowledge intelligent men of science have amassed is intended to be only a tool to that...
Paradoxically, this is due to the fact that TIME'S correspondent at Amsterdam brought to the assembly a preconception of what he loped for from it which was at variance with, and in one sense, loftier than, what either he or the delegates had a right to expect. He wanted a "Pentecost," that is, a visitation of the Holy Spirit like that described in Acts 2:7-11. The fact that no such spectacular miracle occurred does not necessarily mean that the Holy Spirit was not present. For the definitive Christian conception of the Holy Spirit is that...
...power and glory that was Britain and might be Britain still is not in these men. They seem too humble even for middleclass, easygoing Scarborough, and much too modest for its Grand Hotel. Yet these modest men indubitably believe themselves the architects of a greater Britain, followers of a loftier vision than Pitt or Disraeli or Churchill...
...summer theaters have any loftier aim than to make some money, despite inflated operating costs.*Ninetenths of the scheduled shows are old Broadway hits. About 25 companies plan to try out new plays-originally one of the big purposes of summer theater groups...
...hard-shelled Frederick Van Nuys and North Carolina's implacable Old Democrat Josiah Bailey. At first blush, the two bills look like a bold-faced -and well-lobbied-attempt to anticipate a pending decision of the highest court in the land. But the Congressmen had an issue far loftier than lobbies. They were in full cry over States' rights...