better angels

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Meaning: (idiomatic)Morallyuprightor otherwise positiveattributesof humancharacter.1841February–November,Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. Chapter 29.”, inMaster Humphrey’s Clock, volume III, London:Chapman & Hall,[…],→OCLC:So do the shadows of our own desires stand between us and ourbetter angels, and thus their brightness is eclipsed.1861March 4,Abraham Lincoln,First Inaugural Address‎[1]:The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union when again touched, as surely they will be, by thebetter angelsof our nature.1982December 25, “Opinion: Children at the Window”, inNew York Times, retrieved3 September 2016:A Christmas without children would be like a sleigh ride without snow. What gives this day its special grace is the glimpse it yields of a child's belief in thebetter angelsof a grown-up world. Selfishness recedes, good will and gentleness for a blessed moment prevail.2007, Chris Wallin,Craig Wiseman, “Love me if you can”, performed byToby Keith:Call me wrong, call me right / But I bring mybetter angelsto every fight2023May 8, Naomi Klein, “AI machines aren’t ‘hallucinating’. But their makers are”, inThe Guardian‎[2],→ISSN:Of his fellow tech CEOs – the ones competing to rush out their rival chatbots – he said: “I think thebetter angelsare going to win out.”Better angels? At Google?

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