The word you could possibly be looking for is "intent"
Important ideas of life or human nature expressed
A soldier nicknamed Picayune Butler engaged in a conversation with Eliza Donner about the Donner Party. He spoke and repeated the words he read in the story of the California Star, that it was a party that is responsible for the misfortunes. If it had a price, the starvation brought by the miserable wretches were not worth the cost to save them.
Answer:
Heart of stone
Explanation:
The saying "Heart of stone" is a figure of speech, you can't actually have a heart made of stone.
