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
To read great pieces of literature together in the family is to put a personal consecration about the genius-crowned work of the master spirit.
From The American Country Girl by Crow, Martha Foote
But the master spirit was gone, and when we appeared upon the scene, they could make no efficient stand.
From My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills by Johnstone, James Johnstone, chevalier de
The Pan-American congress, then projected, now met in Washington, and Blaine, as its master spirit, presided over and guided its deliberation through its session of five months.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various
All other beings who approached Goethe either were, or had been, or might be, more or less modified by the action of that universal and master spirit.
From Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. I (of 3) by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)
