What is "pursuits"

Usage examples of "pursuits".

It is not the sight of a Peter Cooper and his wealth that discontents him, nor the intellectual pursuits of the scholar who uses the leisure his fortune gives him for the higher pleasures of the mind.

The equality of the sexes was insisted on to the extent of living in common, identical education and pursuits, equal share in all labors, in occupations, and in government.

But it would not hesitate to give a note of warning if it believed that the present devotion to literature and the pursuits of the mind were likely, by the highest authorities, to be considered bad form.

They can elevate the entire present generation of young men, if they give their minds to it, to care for the intellectual pursuits they care for.

Men had been engaged in many pursuits, most of them disastrous, some of them highly commendable.

If intellectual pursuits contribute to an enlightened and altogether admirable character, then indeed has the student found the inner springs of happiness.

It happens naturally enough, therefore, that there should be a want of sympathy in regard to these pursuits among men, the politician despising the scholar, and the scholar looking down upon the politician, and the man of affairs, the man of industries, not caring to conceal his contempt for both the others.

The first charge is superficiality--a necessary consequence of attempting too much--and a want of adequate preparation for special pursuits in life.

In all other pursuits we carefully study the relation of supply to demand.

On that occasion she observed a man in a singular guise, watching her in the distance, with an intentness that induced her to inquire into his pursuits and character.

But even this irritated her, for she knew he merely wanted her time spent earning him money by healing the sick, and not engaged in useless pursuits like gardening, which she loved, or cooking or cleaning.