He won eminence as a scientist.

She figured as a gray eminence.

He reined up his horse on the top of a gentle eminence, from which he observed the busy and gay scene beneath him.

The positions of eminence and authority in Congress are allotted in accordance with length of service, regardless of quality. Superficial observers have long criticized the United States for making a fetish of youth. This is unfair. Uniquely among modern organs of public and private administration, its national legislature rewards senility.