This sentiment, both beautiful and powerful, intensifies our sense of vocation not by drawing us away from ordinary duties to some great quest but by drawing us more deeply into them. (religion-online.org)
Although most teachers are paid based on their position and seniority, exceptions are possible when responsibilities exceed ordinary duties. (educationnext.org)
The torpor of his mind renders him, not only incapable of relishing or bearing a part in any rational conversation, but of conceiving any generous, noble, or tender sentiment, and consequently of forming any just judgment concerning many even of the ordinary duties of private life. (firstthings.com)