Both Uses

eminent
in
Common Sense, by Thomas Paine
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In order to discover the line of our duty rightly, we should take our children in our hand, and fix our station a few years farther into life; that eminence will present a prospect, which a few present fears and prejudices conceal from our sight.†
Chpt 3. *
It is in reality a self-evident position: For no nation in a state of foreign dependance, limited in its commerce, and cramped and fettered in its legislative powers, can ever arrive at any material eminence.†
Chpt Appe

Definitions:

(1) (eminent)
famous, respected, or important within a particular field or profession
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)