master spirit

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The master spirit of this society is the convict Harcamone, in solitary confinement, awaiting the guillotine.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Do you believe," said Napoleon, "that it would be impossible to regenerate Austria if the master spirit who is wanted were found?"

From For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. II (of II) A Romance of the Present Time by Meding, Johann Ferdinand Martin Oskar

Mr. Disraeli has over and over again flung in the face of Mr. Gladstone the fact that Bright, and not he, is the master spirit of Radicalism.

From Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches by McCarthy, Justin

A good book is the precious life blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

It would have demanded but a slight stretch of fancy to picture him as his satin-coated great-grandfather grown to a dissipated maturity, as he stood there, the master spirit in this house of fallen greatness.

From The Gambler A Novel by Thurston, Katherine Cecil