That some individuals were active and zealous in proclaiming the merits of their new ideas is, of course, true.
Publicschool educated administrators - bred to value social distinction, and to disparage zealous innovation and technical knowledge - helped to sustain upper-class political power, not least by avoiding controversial measures.
Paterson was perhaps a zealous but by no means a lone eccentric.
Gordon was a zealous proselytiser and over-stated his case.
No cold relation is a zealous citizen.
Some of his followers in the 1940s and 1950s were zealous in their attempt to literally confine grammatical analysis to a presentation of the distribution of these elements.
One is almost left with the vision of a zealous social worker trying to encourage social engagement for an older person who has chosen to pursue samnyasa.
Although the reading of annual reports conveys little of the passion of zealous evangelicals for their spiritual and philanthropic cause, they do offer a critical view from the centre.
