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
It may have been true in Milton's day that a book was usually the precious life-blood of a master spirit; but to-day a book is often the product of the least erected spirit that fell.
From The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses by Bostwick, Arthur Elmore
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
The seamen, with that instinct which teaches men the presence of a master spirit, without questioning his authority, moved with more alacrity, and obeyed his orders without hesitation.
From Captain Kyd, Vol. II or, The Wizard of the Sea by Ingraham, Jonathon Holt
Soon symptoms of dropsy showed themselves, he had to be tapped four times, and it became evident that the master spirit would soon leave its earthly tabernacle for a better and more enduring habitation.
From Beethoven: A Memoir (2nd Ed.) by Graeme, Elliott
