Nietzsche, as is well known, was at one time an ardent follower of Schopenhauer.
The samurai did not invent the system; they were just ardent followers of it.
They are already a special team, with ardent followers everywhere.
Their ardent followers tended to be lower or middle class, with little education or influence.
As a student, he was an ardent follower of Hegelian philosophy.
Some of his more ardent followers believe that the rabbi is himself the Messiah.
For Beck's most ardent followers to listen to in one go.
Patience, as one ardent follower said, is her shining quality.
But if that is so, the little prophet may alienate his most ardent followers.