Both were directed at crushing the ultimate qualities of kindness and individuality.
In announcing the decision, the head of the judiciary of Fars Province, Hossein Ali Amiri, said, "These are the least possible sentences, and we have used the ultimate of Islamic kindness and generosity".
Dr. Moritsugu, acting surgeon general of the United States, calls organ donation "the ultimate act of human kindness".
Jan Morris sums up the lessons learned in her contribution, "The Fourth World", when she writes of the key to these encounters: "I have come to think that the identification of kindness is the ultimate achievement".
To wangle a spouse who offers not only the necessary (financial security) but also the desirable (good looks, a pleasant personality, kindness, crackling chemistry) was the ultimate coup in a marriage plot novel like those of Jane Austen.
Ben and his wife Sally Quinn were the ultimate Washington power couple, but there were plenty of personal kindnesses and encouragement too, even when I screwed up by failing to ask some Beltway bigwig for a quote.
The narrator also goes to great lengths to describe Edward's other virtues: his kindness to his tenants on his country estate, his acts of charity, his leniency as a magistrate, his ultimate refusal to compromise his ward Nancy.
At his memorial, many people testified to his kindness, his generosity, his bursting love for his daughter, his adoration for his family and how he was the ultimate son, friend and teammate all with the heart of gold.
