C. Wheeler Barnes of Denver, head of the Scottish Rite in Colorado, praised Pike as a historian, author, poet, journalist, lawyer, jurist, soldier and musician, who devoted most of his mature years to the strengthening of the Masonic Order.

For example, most law students in the United States are required to take a class in Constitutional Law during their first year, and several law journals are devoted to the discussion of constitutional issues.

The Britannica does not cover topics in equivalent detail ; for example, the whole of Buddhism and most other religions is covered in a single Macropædia article, whereas 14 articles are devoted to Christianity, comprising nearly half of all religion articles.

He remained a devoted Catholic while a student, and spent most of his leisure time with members of his fencing fraternity, the " League of Apollo ", the president of which was Jewish.

It devoted most of its sessions in 2007 and 2008 to this task, but several issues remained unresolved.

He is also devoted to philanthropic endeavors, most notably his own White Feather Foundation and the Whaledreamers Organization, both of which promote the co-existence of all species and the health and well-being of the Earth.

According to the memoirs of Juliet Thompson, ` Abdu ' l-Bahá also compared Mary to Juliet, one of his most devoted followers, claiming that she even physically resembled her and that Mary Magdalene was Juliet Thompson's " correspondence in heaven.

Nancy devoted most of her time to caring for her ailing husband, diagnosed in 1994 with Alzheimer's disease, until his death in 2004.

While on Sado, he won many devoted converts and wrote two of his most important doctrinal treatises, the Kaimoku Shō ( 開目抄: " On the Opening of the Eyes " ) and the Kanjin no Honzon Shō ( 観心本尊抄: " The Object of Devotion for Observing the Mind ") as well as numerous letters and minor treatises whose content containing critical components of his teaching.

The ubiquitous nature of makes it one of the most widely known mathematical constants, both inside and outside the scientific community: Several books devoted to it have been published ; the number is celebrated on Pi Day ; and news headlines often contain reports about record-setting calculations of the digits of.

Some non-Western countries, such as Japan, have developed a thriving pop music industry, most of which is devoted to Western-style pop, has for several years has produced a greater quantity of music of everywhere except the USA.

Therefore, SMES is most commonly devoted to improving power quality.

The eye was returned by a devoted fan who discovered where the thief lived and stole it back, although Homer Flynn said the person who returned the mask was most probably the thief.

* Robert A. Heinlein's book Tramp Royale ( about a world trip in 1953-54, unpublished until 1992 ) devoted an entire chapter to his ( almost ) visit to Tristan da Cunha, arguably the most remote human settlement on earth.

The 1960s also saw the beginning of several research publications devoted to the viola, beginning with Franz Zeyringer's Literatur für Viola, which has undergone several versions, the most recent being in 1985.

The ancient Egyptian pyramids are the most famous historical monuments devoted to the dead ( see Great pyramid of Giza ).

Its most successful product was XyWrite III Plus, which attracted a devoted following among professional writers.

The 1962 film How the West Was Won has a whole segment devoted to the construction ; one of the movie's most famous scenes, filmed in Cinerama, is of a buffalo stampede over the railroad.

During this time most of Wagner ’ s creative energy was devoted to the Ring cycle, which was finally completed in 1874 and given its first full performance at Bayreuth in August 1876.

Louis I, who became in time count of Provence and king of Naples, died in 1384, and was succeeded by his son Louis II, who devoted most of his energies to his kingdom of Naples, and left the administration of Anjou almost entirely in the hands of his wife, Yolande of Aragon.

In his later years he has devoted most of his time to the composition of instrumental and choral music in a quasi-Romantic vein which has largely been performed only in France, Russia and Japan.

Having founded the graduate program in electro-acoustic music at Dartmouth College with composer David Evan Jones in 1989, Appleton devoted most of his teaching to the graduate students in this program.

He withdrew and met in his home with a few of his most devoted followers.

So much land was devoted to sugar that most food had to be imported from New England.

"— that Jesus would return with a new name that would be inscribed on the foreheads of 144, 000 of his most devoted servants.

No matter how devoted a man was, no matter how fully he gave his life to the Lord, he could never extinguish that one spark of pride that gave him definition as an individual.

He wrote in his essay " The Rebel " that his whole life was devoted to opposing the philosophy of nihilism while still delving deeply into individual freedom.

They all praised the virtues of a life devoted to the tilling of the soil.

Carnegie devoted the remainder of his life to large-scale philanthropy, with special emphasis on local libraries, world peace, education and scientific research.

He then devoted his life to providing the capital for purposes of public interest and social and educational advancement.

He has devoted his life to making the Talmud accessible to all Jews.

For the remainder of his life, although he was passionately devoted to Hungary, its people and its culture, he never felt much loyalty to the government or its official establishments.

A great deal of time was devoted to various kinds of manual labour, not unlike the life in monasteries of other rules.

Vows of chastity can also be taken by laypersons, either as part of an organised religious life ( such as Roman Catholic Beguines and Beghards ) or on an individual basis: as a voluntary act of devotion, or as part of an ascetic lifestyle ( often devoted to contemplation ), or both.

He returned to Polling in 1735 and devoted the rest of his life to the revival of learning in Bavaria.

She enjoyed a happy marriage and in later life, devoted time to Alde House and gardening, travelling with younger members of the extended family.

All his time, energy, and resources are now devoted to his case, to the point of detriment to his own life.

Francis devoted much of his life to missions in Asia, after being appointed by King John III of Portugal to take charge as Apostolic Nuncio in Portuguese India, where the king believed that Christian values were eroding among the Portuguese.

" More immediately, though, he called for a massive build-up of U. S. arms production: " Every realist knows that the democratic way of life is at this moment being ' directly assailed in every part of the world … The need of the moment is that our actions and our policy should be devoted primarily — almost exclusively — to meeting this foreign peril.

Writing to The Times, Hayek said, " May one who has devoted a large part of his life to the study of the history and the principles of liberalism point out that a party that keeps a socialist government in power has lost all title to the name ' Liberal '.

On 5 November 2006 the Groninger Museum opened an exposition devoted to Herman Brood's life and work, comprising paintings, lyrics, and poetry, portraits by photographer Anton Corbijn, a collection of private pictures ( from the family album ), and concert photos and videos.

After Brandeis denied the renewal of his teaching contract in 1965, Marcuse devoted the rest of his life to teaching, writing and giving lectures around the world.

The defeat of the Liberal government in the following year terminated Lord Aberdare's official political life, and he subsequently devoted himself to social, educational and economic questions.

Keller devoted much of her later life to raising funds for the American Foundation for the Blind.

" Captain Graham devoted his life to ensuring the survival of the Irish wolfdog.

* Rousseau Association / Association Rousseau, a bilingual association devoted to the study of Rousseau's life and works

Justinian, who had always had a keen interest in theological matters and actively participated in debates on Christian doctrine, became even more devoted to religion during the later years of his life.

He devoted his life to understanding the oil-based media of the Old Masters.

There was a period in his life when he devoted himself exclusively to scholastic philosophy: " when I was still a logician ," he used later to say.

Mong Há has long been the center of Chinese life in Macau and the site of what may be the region's oldest temple, a shrine devoted to the Buddhist Guanyin ( Goddess of Mercy ).