Literary notes about endeavor (AI summary)
In literature, the word "endeavor" is frequently used to denote a determined and purposeful attempt to achieve an aim, whether that be in academic pursuit, personal struggle, or moral duty. Some authors use it as a formal directive to act with precision and propriety, as in [1], while others portray it as a driving force in moments of challenge or emotional trial, as seen in [2] and [3]. It can imply the labor of both success and failure, suggesting that even if the effort does not yield immediate reward, it remains a testament to human resolve—as observed in [4] and [5]. In this way, "endeavor" encapsulates a broad spectrum of effort, ambition, and the human spirit's capacity to aspire despite adversity.
- Endeavor always to write as correctly and properly as possible.
— from The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness by Cecil B. Hartley - The promise of one hour’s repose on a week day, was sufficient to quicken my pace, and to spur me on to extra endeavor.
— from My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass - He studied at night and forced his brain by stimulants and narcotics in his endeavor to pull through, but he died at twenty-four.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden - This was my sincere endeavor, in those many discourses I had with that monarch, although it unfortunately failed of success.
— from Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World by Jonathan Swift - These same men admire his sincerity of purpose, and are willing to forgive much to honest endeavor which is doing something worth the doing.
— from The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois
