Complete Definition of "shining part"

English

Noun
en-noun|sg=shining part

  1. An exemplary attribute

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#:Heneage Dundas ... was an amiable young man, much caressed by those who knew him for his shining parts and particularly for his skill in the mathematics; � :w:Patrick O'Brian|Patrick O'Brian, "Master and Commander".
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#:We see the world piece by piece, as the sun, the moon, the animal, the tree; but the whole, of which these are shining parts, is the soul. � :w:Ralph Waldo Emerson|Ralph Waldo Emerson, "The Over Soul", 1841.

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