Search results for "Vocation" - New World Encyclopedia
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- to all this was derision, and he made it his vocation to set out a rational, naturalistic account both of the world and of the human place in it ...10 KB (1,654 words) - 22:51, 3 May 2023
- Housman always found his true vocation in classical studies and treated poetry as a secondary activity. He never spoke about his poetry in public ...10 KB (1,687 words) - 06:50, 13 June 2023
- * Initiation into a mystical vocation: "the vocation of a medicine man or a shaman." This is limited to the few who are "destined ...23 KB (3,352 words) - 20:51, 17 June 2022
- elder son, John, was now old enough to choose a vocation, and became a miniature-painter. The second child, Peggy, had begun to paint also, amateurishly ...11 KB (1,725 words) - 10:56, 9 May 2023
- their son gave early evidence of a religious vocation. ===A gifted speaker=== He was educated under the Conventual Franciscans of Brindisi. Already ...12 KB (1,816 words) - 17:58, 25 October 2022
- because of his age, and returned to his former vocation as a preacher. He delivered a course of sermons at Angers, and in the next year moved to Bordeaux ...13 KB (1,975 words) - 05:20, 24 November 2022
- small town. Her father continued to resist her vocation, telling her, “I would almost rather see you dead!” and paid only for her basic needs. ...12 KB (1,997 words) - 16:00, 7 November 2022
- Like his student Crates, Diogenes seemed to have a vocation to provoke others into elevating their understanding of moral value, and for promoting virtue ...13 KB (2,126 words) - 15:25, 29 January 2024
- October 4, 1416. His superiors, fearing this vocation to be a passing fancy, tested him severely, even sending him away twice; but he remained day and ...12 KB (1,836 words) - 19:54, 22 December 2022
- Cesare's religious vocation was never strong, and he gained a reputation at the papal court for his womanizing, lavish clothing, and hunting ...13 KB (1,980 words) - 00:09, 4 December 2023
- #To pursue my religious vocation with integrity upon graduation. ==Notable Alumni== *Gordon Anderson - president of Paragon House, editor-in-chief ...14 KB (2,005 words) - 18:06, 1 December 2023
- of the French Revolution caused him to give this vocation up, and in its place, he accepted a chair in mathematics at the Military School of Auxerre ...13 KB (2,004 words) - 00:38, 11 August 2022
- eldest sister and her husband to teach him his vocation. In 1885, after passing his examinations and presenting "a tail-coat, well-made," ...13 KB (2,005 words) - 23:19, 17 May 2023
- Marian attended William Penn High School until her music vocation arose. She transferred to South Philadelphia High School, focusing on music ...14 KB (2,054 words) - 23:31, 1 September 2023
- methods to help students explore vocation needs and interests. Classroom guidance lessons are designed to be preventive in nature and include ...17 KB (2,422 words) - 08:00, 8 January 2024
- however, forbade anyone to interfere with her vocation. ===Ascetic tradition=== Catherine now wore a habit and white veil, which showed her to ...15 KB (2,408 words) - 16:17, 3 December 2023
- poetry, which he felt was incompatible with his vocation. Writing would remain something of a painful concern for him as he felt that his interest in ...14 KB (2,348 words) - 20:30, 13 December 2023
- Frank Gilbreth discovered his vocation when, as a young building contractor, he sought ways to make bricklaying faster and easier. This grew ...16 KB (2,285 words) - 05:10, 9 April 2024
- in the robes of monks at various stages of their vocation. One difference is that rhe robes of getshül novices do not include the "holes" ...18 KB (2,886 words) - 03:36, 1 October 2023
- 19, 2023. Walcott had an early sense of a vocation as a writer. In the poem ... prayer. I have grown up believing it is a vocation, a religious vocation." ...47 KB (6,423 words) - 09:51, 29 January 2024
