Other mines in the North such as Ekati and Diavik (both in the Northwest Territories) have also expressed a devotion to the noble cause of keeping toxic feculence frozen as the rest of the world burns by investing in such technologies.
Personal circumstances doubtless influenced his choice of text - a sequence of poems by Adelbert von Chamisso, depicting an unnamed woman's unswerving devotion to "the noblest of all men".
This profession of "courtly," or "chivalrous," love became a matter of convention, but the sentiments of respect, passion, and devotion thus addressed to noble ladies in the songs of the troubadours were to have a lasting influence on both European literature and social mores.
The emperor's will expressed his regret about his Chinese-style ruling (his reliance on eunuchs and his favoritism toward Chinese officials), his neglect of Manchu nobles and traditions, and his headstrong devotion to his consort rather than to his mother.
His ascetic devotion to our cause is noble, but not realistic for those of us who find mobile devices irreplaceable tools for improving our incomes and sex lives.
In 1207 though, doge Pietro Ziani ceded the island as a feudum to ten Venetian nobles, provided that they demonstrate loyalty and devotion and that they pay taxes.
Her cause is noble, but her character is static; her nunlike devotion to art makes his fixation frustrating.
What's more, Harrison manages to make Bigelow's devotion to weather forecasting seem both noble and metaphorically rich -- a quasi-artistic way of "recording a narrative that unfolds invisibly to most people".
The Noble Lie is supposed to engender in them devotion for their city and instill in them the belief that they should "invest their best energies into promoting what they judge to be the city's best interests" (113).
The experience inspired a lasting devotion to the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, the 135-year-old fraternal organization that founded and controls the Shriners Hospitals for Children.
But I think he's being highly ironic, and that he (Plato) actually fears that the alluring abstractions and noble ideas of philosophy will ruin experience for young people — will make them think that their devotion to their books is more important than their engagement with the practicalities of life.
