Citations:ignoble


 * 1) (English adjective)
 * 2) * man's noblest tendency, his perseverance, and man's ignoblest, his inertia
 * 1843 Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, ch. 2, The Sphinx


 * 1) (English adjective)
 * 2) *"For we recognize that the powers made possible by biomedical science can be used for non-therapeutic or ignoble purposes, serving ends that range from the frivolous and disquieting to the offensive and pernicious."
 * Leon R. Kass - Ageless Bodies, Happy Souls: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Perfection.