For most, his cause does not really stir up old passions anymore.
So the old passion ramified, not dead yet, only sleeping its long sleep.
Clearly she was ready for her chance to reignite some of the old passion should he be there.
He has since found solace in an old passion: painting.
The old passions were not dead, but there was little that could be done to satisfy them now.
The old passion had departed, but she had been important to him.
It was not only duty which pushed him to make this offer, but also his old passion for her.
Economists still keep score, but not with the old passion.
Only his old passion for survival kept him from calling out to her.
And both worried that the trial might stir up old passions.