Both Uses of
magnanimous
in
The Fountainhead
- Francon gulped to all these people that the Cosmo-Slotnick building had been created by Peter Keating alone; Francon did not care; he was magnanimous in a spurt of enthusiasm; besides, it made a good story.†
Chpt 1.15 *magnanimous = kind and generous in spirit
- I mean the person who loves the clean, steady, unfrightened eyes of man looking through a telescope and the white stare of an imbecile—equally, I mean quite a large, generous, magnanimous company.†
Chpt 3.4
Definition:
kind and generous in spirit -- especially toward those defeated in battle