Malthusianism is, indeed, the philosophy of the bug heap, of man as devouring swarm rather than ennobling angel.

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The ennobling measure of the man is that he has chosen the work that is done without public notice.

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The fruits of capitalism go beyond its ennobling products and services.

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Meanwhile, relatives of Jean Charles de Menezes have said they were "disgusted" to learn of the ennobling of Sir Ian Blair - who is set to become a Lords crossbencher.

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Working with animals and plants is interesting, not ennobling.

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Not infinitely good, or infinitely ennobling, or infinitely beautiful.

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"There should not be merely the formal celebrations of the anniversary but an attempt by all who were involved to relive the actions, the fears, the emotions of the ennobling day of triumph".

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All this meant that in the America of Edith Wharton and Henry James, travelling by train, and arriving and leaving great cities and great stations by train, was an ennobling experience and an exhilarating adventure.

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