Sentence:  Strange! as her thoughts hovered about this, his greeting, with the subtle feeling of elation, which ran with direct and certain evidence of <WSD>philopolemic</WSD> strength and ability to twine the threads of destiny straight from the loom of the master-spinner, her mind reverted unconsciously and without impetus on her part, to those words in the last letter of de Monasterys— ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Exalting or supporting conflict or war. (from late 18th c.)