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Quotation from Religion and the Rise of Capitalism by R. H. Tawney
“The calling is not a condition in which the individual is born, but a strenuous and exacting enterprise, to be undertaken, indeed, under the guidance of Providence, but to be chosen by each man for himself, with a deep sense of his solemn responsibilities.”
Religion and the Rise of Capitalism, Ch. IV, The Puritan Movement, sec. 3, The Triumph of the Economic Virtues (Project Gutenberg #71223 (Harcourt, Brace, 1926))
Tawney explains how Puritan divines transformed the older idea of one's station into an active vocation.
Citation: "The calling is not a condition in which the individual is born, but a strenuous and exacting enterprise, to be undertaken, indeed, under the guidance of Providence, but to be chosen by each man for himself, with a deep sense of his solemn responsibilities." — R. H. Tawney, Religion and the Rise of Capitalism, Ch. IV, The Puritan Movement, sec. 3, The Triumph of the Economic Virtues (Project Gutenberg #71223 (Harcourt, Brace, 1926)). (id tawney-religion-and-the-rise-of-capitalism-q5)
Virtues: Industry
