| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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