In moments of ecstatic contemplation, doubtless, the sense of self melted in the sense of the Unspeakable, and in that part of his experience lay the elements of genuine self-abasement; but in the presence of his fellow-men for whom he was to act, pre-eminence seemed a necessary condition of life.
"George Eliot"
Mathilde Blind
In after days he remembered with peculiar distinctness his lack of the true spirit at this hour, and by Mark's agency, therefore, faithfully reproduced for the Church of Christ the record of his well-deserved abasement.
"The Making of an Apostle"
R. J. Campbell
He did love his Master, and had run the risk of arrest and death to get near Him again, but his humiliation was complete and his self-abasement intense.
"The Making of an Apostle"
R. J. Campbell