Sherif Nasir led us: his lucent goodness, which provoked answering devotion even from the depraved, made him the only leader (and a benediction) for forlorn hopes.
1922 (date written; published 1926), T[homas] E[dward] Lawrence, “Book IV: Extending to Akaba. Chapter XXXIX.”, in Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Company, published 1937, page 228