spark of humanity

collocation in English

meaningsofsparkandhumanity

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spark
noun
uk
/spɑːk/us
/spɑːrk/
a very small piece of fire that flies out from something that is burning, or one that is made by rubbing two hard things together, or a flash of light made ...
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humanity
noun
uk
/hjuːˈmæn.ə.ti/us
/hjuːˈmæn.ə.t̬i/
people ...
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(Definition ofsparkandhumanityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I still await from him asparkofhumanityor an iota of relevant and constructive policy for dealing with the problem.
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I cannot understand for a moment how anybody possessed of asparkofhumanitycan refuse service to a stricken neighbour.
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I think this is one which, if there is asparkofhumanitywithin us, should appeal to us.
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Is there asparkofhumanity, is there any sign of a real understanding of the problem in an excuse of that kind?
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Eight hours of that; imagine it, and if you have asparkofhumanityin your souls you will demand a reduction of those hours.
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Anybody with asparkofhumanitywould subscribe to that.
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Everyone who has anysparkofhumanityleft knows that the first thing he would do would be to rush to that one's assistance.
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No one who cares for liberty, no one who has anysparkofhumanity, can fail to have been profoundly shocked, angered and depressed by that event.
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Nobody could want that; nobody with asparkofhumanity, any generosity of spirit, being concerned with the future of our country, wants more unemployment, more redundancy.
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Just as many, perhaps all, prisoners have some residualsparkofhumanity—even the hardest cases—many, or perhaps most, have a spark of ability that should be brought out.
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There is a smallsparkofhumanity, but it is clouded by this huge sense of negative self-worth and the realization that she is expendable.
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Practitioners who regularly cause harm through magic become twisted by the experience, gradually growing more power-hungry and insane, until there is nosparkofhumanityleft in them.
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