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" The word implies professed attainments in special knowledge, as distinguished from mere skill; a practical dealing with affairs, as distinguished from mere study or investigation; and an application of such knowledge to uses for others as a vocation,... "
Proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers - Page 607
by American Society of Civil Engineers - 1902
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ..., Volume 163

United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - 1896 - 770 pages
...or teaching them, or in serving their interests or welfare in the practice of an art founded on it. Formerly, theology, law, and medicine were specifically...a vocation, as distinguished from its pursuit for its own purposes." There are professors of chemistry in all the chief colleges of the country. It is...
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The Michigan technic, Volumes 11-15

1898 - 516 pages
...other vocations also receive the name. The word implies professed attainments in special knowledge, as distinguished from mere study or investigation;...pursuit for one's own purposes. In professions, strictly so-called, a preliminary examination as to qualifications is usually demanded by law or usage, and...
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Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of the United ..., Volumes 163-166

United States. Supreme Court - 1901 - 1416 pages
...as distinguished from mere skill. A practical dealIng with affairs as distinguished from mere ftiidy or investigation; and an application of such knowledge...a vocation, as distinguished from its pursuit for its own purposes." There are professors of rhcmistrv in all the chief colleges of the country. It is...
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Papers and Proceedings

American Library Association. Conference - 1910 - 798 pages
...which it might, l suppose, be challenged. "The word implies," according to the Century Dictionary, "professed attainments in special knowledge, as distinguished...distinguished from its pursuit for one's own purposes." The latter two requirements are certainly met: we are engaged in practical affairs, and to the use...
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The Volta Review, Volume 24

1922 - 538 pages
...closes its specific definition of a profession with these significant words, "an application of .... knowledge to uses for others as a vocation, as distinguished from its pursuit for one's own purposes." There is the heart of the matter. The person who takes upon himself the task of shaping a child's mind...
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Papers and Proceedings of the ... General Meeting of the ..., Volumes 33-34

1911 - 586 pages
...which it might, l suppose, be challenged. "The word implies," according to the Century Dictionary, "professed attainments in special knowledge, as distinguished...distinguished from its pursuit for one's own purposes." The latter two requirements are certainly met: we are engaged in practical affairs, and to the use...
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The Northwestern Reporter, Volume 134

1912 - 1240 pages
...or teaching them, or in serving their interests or welfare in the practice of an art founded on it. Formerly theology, law and medicine were specifically...distinguished from its pursuit for one's own purposes." It is apparent from these definitions that, to constitute a profession, something more than a mere...
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Reports of Cases at Law and in Equity Determined by the Supreme ..., Volume 153

Iowa. Supreme Court - 1912 - 886 pages
...or teaching them, or in serving their interests or welfare in the practice of an art founded on it. Formerly theology, law and medicine were specifically...vocation, as distinguished from its pursuit for one's o%vn purposes." It is apparent from these definitions that, to constitute a profession, something more...
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Library Journal, Volume 37

Melvil Dewey, Richard Rogers Bowker, L. Pylodet, Charles Ammi Cutter, Bertine Emma Weston, Karl Brown, Helen E. Wessells - 1912 - 794 pages
...in our profession of referring to it with condescension, if not with contempt. THE LIBRARY JOURNAL knowledge, as distinguished from mere skill; a practical...distinguished from its pursuit for one's own purposes." The latter two requirements are certainly met: we are engaged in practical affairs, and to the use...
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The Journal of the Allied Dental Societies, Volume 11

1916 - 828 pages
...attainment- ln special knowledge, an dtetInt1uisheil from mere skill; . . . and an application of snch knowledge to uses for others as a vocation, as distinguished...called, a preliminary examination as to qualifications IB usually demanded ov totr• or uatififi, and a liccnnr or other affirial authority founded thereon...
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