That it isn't simply going to be what it is, though some of them might be willing to do it anyhow, to consider it a noble sacrifice for a noble cause.
This was probably harassment of a sort, too, although — depending on your feelings about Cosby, and about the allegations, and about gender violence more broadly — you might consider it noble harassment.
Shakespeare, most obviously: the reason we consider it noble and elevating for Shakespeare to do what he did - and for people to understand Shakespeare - is that he takes us out of our day-to-day obsessions.
Maybe this will strip away the animosity in our human relationships and finally render religion impotent — which I consider a noble and unstated goal of the modern mind — but I doubt it.
After all, one man's terrorist is another's freedom fighter, and which you consider noble depends on your personal circumstances.
Consider Dennis Bergkamp's noble work for Holland against England in 1993 (1min 46sec in this clip).
And having been moulded in his early years, just as Frankel was throughout his unbeaten career, by Lady Cecil's iconic late husband Sir Henry, the sport would consider it a noble mission indeed.
The Supreme Court described a "noble ideal" of "fair trials before impartial tribunals in which every defendant stands equal before the law". As we reflect on the many unfulfilled promises of Gideon, we should also pause to consider that this "noble ideal" is not recognized in many court proceedings regarded as "non-criminal," but where the most serious and significant interests are at stake.
As we reflect on the many unfulfilled promises of Gideon, we should also pause to consider that this "noble ideal" is not recognized in many court proceedings regarded as "non-criminal," but where the most serious and significant interests are at stake.
Upon his return home to Turin, he wrote what many people consider the noblest and most powerful memoir of the Nazi death camps, "Survival in Auschwitz" (1947).
Theft on a large and small scale is considered a noble art.
