Sentence examples for common purpose of life from inspiring English sources
The country's second most famous, the Royal Institution (RI), was more demotic: set up in 1799, it aimed to provide "courses of philosophical lectures and experiments" on "the application of science to the common purpose of life".
The Christmas lectures continue to this day, forming part of the RI's attempts at "diffusing science for the common purposes of life".
Baroness Greenfield, 57, is also director of the Royal Institution in London, founded in 1799 to "diffuse science for the common purposes of life".
In 1799, 58 gentlemen including Sir Joseph Banks, Count Rumford and Henry Cavendish invested 50 guineas each (a very substantial sum) to establish an institution that would introduce new technologies, diffuse knowledge and apply science to the "common purposes of life".
Angelenos are gathering with a common purpose to bring life to the banks of the neglected Los Angeles River, a 51-mile-long, sunbaked concrete ditch best known as the location for fiery car chases in action movies.
