highest endeavor

Example Sentences

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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

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

Most of all, equal opportunity for all classes and large prizes for the ambitious and industrious serve to stimulate individuals of native ability to their highest endeavor.

From Races and Immigrants in America by Commons, John R. (John Rogers)

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