All 4 Uses of
ignoble
in
Atlas Shrugged
- Whatever the tragedy he met, why had Francisco taken the ugliest way of escape, as ignoble as the way of some cheap alcoholic?†
Chpt 1.5 *
- Man's only talent is an ignoble cunning for satisfying the needs of his body," said the old bum.†
Chpt 1.7
- Was this what they called an ignoble concern with the physical world?†
Chpt 1.8
- You, who dare to regard us as the moral inferiors of any mystic who claims supernatural visions-you, who scramble like vultures for plundered pennies, yet honor a fortune-teller above a fortune maker-you, who scorn a businessman as ignoble, but esteem any posturing artist as exalted-the root of your standards is that mystic miasma which comes from primordial swamps, that cult of death, which pronounces a businessman immoral by reason of the fact that he keeps you alive.†
Chpt 3.7
Definition:
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(ignoble) dishonorable or lacking nobility