ennoblingly

Therefore it is that from whatever aspect we consider the question, -- whether in view of the flagrant contradiction between the authorities who have discussed this question, or of the illegitimate mingling here of moral and physiological considerations, or of the merely negative and indeed unnatural character of the "virtue" thus set up, or of the failure involved to grasp the ennoblingly altruistic and mutual side of sexual love, -- from whatever aspect we approach the problem of "sexual abstinence" we ought only to agree to do so under protest.

Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society Havelock Ellis 1899

"And such works," said Jacobi, "operate ennoblingly on life in times of peace.

The Home Fredrika Bremer 1833