fixed purpose
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“The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails, whereon my soul is grooved to run,” declared the self-destructive Captain Ahab, concerning his pursuit of Moby Dick.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 22, 2020
Most men and women who rise above or venture outside the norm turn out to have a bewildering variety of gifts and defects, and they blunder as often as they pursue a fixed purpose.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 20, 2020
The 85-year-old gaffer who got a pass from the geriatrics ward of Limerick City Home and Hospital last week hobbled down the street with the same fixed purpose as many another Irishman, sick or well.
From Time Magazine Archive
When I accepted that position, it was with the fixed purpose of leaving politics permanently for service on the court.
From Time Magazine Archive
I mention this in this place, of a fixed purpose, because it is the clue by which I am to be followed into my poor labyrinth.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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