`` Such as ' sending the cat to guard the mice ', or ' the falcon to protect the dove ', or most terribly sharp of all, ' the human being to save humanity ' ''.

Nora confides to Kristine that she once secretly borrowed money from a disgraced lawyer, Nils Krogstad, to save Torvald's life when he was very ill, but she has not told him in order to protect his pride.

We must not only protect the countryside and save it from destruction, we must restore what has been destroyed and salvage the beauty and charm of our cities.

He wrote numerous manifestos, lectured and designed posters in favor of nature protection, including against nuclear power, to save the oceans and the whales and to protect the rain forest.

Ronglu also ordered Nie to protect foreigners and save the railway from the Boxers.

With his wife Trudie Styler and Raoni Metuktire, a Kayapó Indian leader in Brazil, Sting founded the Rainforest Foundation Fund to help save the rainforests and protect the rights of the indigenous peoples living there.

It also campaigns to protect and save ancient woodland from destructive development.

Environmental and fishing groups have argued that the action to protect fish will ultimately save more jobs in the fishing and tourism industries than will be lost in agriculture.

Ex-situ conservation, while helpful in man's efforts to sustain and protect our environment, is rarely enough to save a species from extinction.

Radischev, however, did not believe in, or desire, bloody revolution and instead hoped for a reforming autocrat who would abolish serfdom and " maintain equality in society, protect the widow and the orphan and save the innocent from harm ".

The founders of these traditions are regarded by Hòa Hảo followers as living Buddhas — destined to save mankind from suffering and to protect the Vietnamese nation.

In 1756 he was criticised for not sending enough ships with Admiral Byng to relieve Minorca because he wanted to protect Britain from a threatened invasion, only to see Byng fail to save Minorca while no invasion attempt materialised.

Zhu's work took part in the context of a renewed interest in Confucian studies, in which Chinese scholars were interested in producing a single " correct " intellectual orthodoxy that would " save " Chinese traditions and protect them from foreign influences, and in which scholars were increasingly interested in metaphysical speculation.

It may well be considered noble to sacrifice your own life to protect others, but morally or legally allowing murder of an innocent person in order to save five people may be insufficient justification.

Mary makes several appearances in Xenosaga: wiping out a fleet of Gnosis surrounding the Cathedral Ship with her X-Buster attack, asking chaos to save the Elsa from burning up in the Second Militian atmosphere using his Anima power while providing ' cover ' by seeming to protect the ship herself, and saving Shion and Allen from being killed by Voyager, the Black Testament, allowing the party's E. S. s to enter Rennes-le-Chateâu and at the end of Episode III.

While one is allowed to consume prohibited or haraam food to protect one's life under the jurisprudence of idtirar, some Sunni sources emphasize the fact that a person who prefers to proclaim their faith in the face of death will have a greater reward than they who deny their faith to save their lives.

" Later that day she issued a request for federal assistance and USD $ 9 million in aid to President George W. Bush, which stated, "... I have determined that this incident is of such severity and magnitude that effective response is beyond the capabilities of the State and affected local governments, and that supplementary Federal assistance is necessary to save lives, protect property, public health, and safety, or to lessen or avert the threat of a disaster.

Both moral and political, the poem tells of a brave woman ’ s efforts to save and protect her people.

During a butterfly save this area is also covered by the leg pad with the blocker stacked on top to protect against low shots.

Emperor Constantine moved the legions from the frontiers to one consolidated roving army as a way to save money and to protect wealthier citizens within the cities.

A representative for Mitchell responded that the government would protect the right of farmers to save their seeds.

: to teach the necessity of respect for the rights of persons and property as fundamental to every form of government ... to teach the duty of government, to encourage and protect individual and group initiative and enterprise, to foster the right to work, earn, save and acquire property, and to preserve the ownership and lawful use of property when acquired.

Seems David found Maria and gave her his experimental drugs to save her life then sent her away and gave her a new name to protect himself.

Components that would not affect system performance were allowed to be selected from what was available at Jackass Flats, Nevada to save money and time, and a radiation shield was added to protect external components.

* The second theory assumes that the document was created in order to protect the interests of Mieszko's second wife Oda and their sons ( who were named in the document ) after Mieszko's death.

The MGM moguls were careful to protect their contract stars from controversy, and Tracy wished to conceal his relationship with Hepburn from his wife, so it was hidden from the public.

* Silent Coup, is a bestselling 1992 book written by Len Colodny and Robert Gettlin in which they contend that former Nixon White House counsel John Dean orchestrated the 1972 Watergate burglary at Democratic National Committee headquarters to protect his future wife, Maureen Biner, by removing information linking her to a call-girl ( prostitute ) ring that worked for the DNC.

In 1936 he entered the graphics ' division of Olivetti, then one of the most important industrial firms in the nation, but in 1939, after Fascism issued racial laws, to protect his wife, he left Italy for France first and the U. S. A. later ( Long Island ).

Another case has Sam helping to protect Al's first wife, Beth ( Susan Diol ), who had lost hope of Al's return from the war.

An anti-clerical liberal, he led that faction at court and tried to influence the Emperor to anti-clerical policies, against the contrary influence of the Emperor's wife, the Empress Eugenie, a devout Catholic and a conservative, and the patroness of those who wanted French troops to protect the Pope's sovereignty in Rome.

However, there are also several differences, such as the victory and provisions being obtained by Abigail's peaceful actions rather than a heroic victory by David, the 200 that stayed behind doing so to protect the baggage rather than due to exhaustion, the main secondary character being the wife of the enemy ( Nabal ) rather than their former slave, David's forces being joined by damsels rather than rejoining their wives, and Nabal rather than the Amalekites being the enemy.

National Park Service planner George Collins and biologist Lowell Sumner recruited Wilderness Society President Olaus Murie and his wife Margaret Murie into an effort to permanently protect the area.

When the Colchians, in their pursuit of the Argonauts, likewise arrived in Drepane, and demanded that Jason's lover Medea should be delivered up to them, Alcinous declared that if she was still a virgin she should be restored to them, but if she was already the wife of Jason, he would protect her and her husband against the Colchians.

Upon his return to his family home, Angel has two letters waiting for him: Tess's angry note and a few cryptic lines from " two well-wishers " ( Izz and Marian ), warning him to protect his wife from " an enemy in the shape of a friend.

The nobles of Ulster argue over which of them is to be his foster-father, until the wise Morann decides he should be fostered by several of them: Conchobar himself ; Sencha mac Ailella, who will teach him judgement and eloquent speech ; the wealthy Blaí Briugu, who will protect and provide for him ; the noble warrior Fergus mac Róich, who will care for him and teach him to protect the weak ; the poet Amergin, who will educate him, and his wife Findchóem, who will nurse him.

Manawydan and Cigfa stay together, the former promising to protect the latter, and finally free their spouses when they capture a mouse that is actually the wife of Llwyd ap Cil Coed, Rhiannon's enemy, and force the magician to lift the curses plaguing their land.

At this point the divine sage, Narada intervened in order to protect Hiranyakashipu's wife, Kayadhu, who he describes as ' sinless '.

Finally, recognition of slave marriages could prompt slaves to demand and claim other rights, such as the right and duty to protect one ’ s wife from assault by others ( including the slave owner ).

Zeus temporarily transformed his mistress into a heifer in order to protect her from the wrath of his wife Hera.

However it emerges he isn't trying to quiet his wife to protect himself, but is actually releasing this information himself in a new autobiography and he doesn't want her to cash in before him.

To stop the excesses, the highly respected D. Alonso Fernandez de Aguilar, whose wife was a member of the converso family of Pacheco, together with his brother D. Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (" El Gran Capitán "), and a troop of soldiers, hastened to protect the New Christians.

Unfortunately, his business takes him far from home for long periods of time and he is unable to protect Annie from his spiteful, jealous wife who eventually returns Annie to the orphanage.

" Michael confessed in a letter to his wife that he felt " ashamed to face the people, i. e. the soldiers and officers, particularly when visiting field hospitals, where so much suffering is to be seen, for they might think that one is also responsible, for one is placed so high and yet has failed to prevent all that from happening and protect one's country from this disaster.

Jacen actually sympathizes with Anakin's desire to protect his wife, and reminds Luke that Anakin was a fallible human being.

" He said he gave false testimony to protect himself and his wife, Ruth, and that he was encouraged by the prosecution to do so ; " I would not sacrifice my wife and my children for my sister.

Sanders former wife Suzette Sanders said Corrie died a hero, diving to protect his daughter from oncoming bullets.