highest endeavor

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Utmost; highest endeavor or state; most nearly perfect thing, or being, or action; as, to do one's best; to the best of our ability.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

Let this then be our labor, this our highest endeavor, to be really what we have been from the beginning of the world.

From True Christianity by Arndt, Johann

A new life had begun—a life devoted to the highest endeavor.

From Famous American Statesmen by Bolton, Sarah Knowles

Know your object, that it is worthy the highest endeavor of a human being, and then pursue it with a divine enthusiasm that no obstacle can daunt, an ardor that no weariness can quench.

From Quit Your Worrying! by James, George Wharton

He would be a leader––not of war––not of government for the daily duties of village life, but of the Things of the Spirit which seemed calling within him to highest endeavor.

From The Flute of the Gods by Ryan, Marah Ellis